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I don't think there is any stereotype I hate more than this one. And I hate the way it's seeping more and more into the popular consciousness that female = shoe obsession.
The other day I was watching Millionaire in Germany and a woman won EUR 16000. So Guenther Jauch asked her what she's going to do with the money. She said she's going to buy a Harry Potter first edition. He didn't like that. "That's not a very womanly choice," he said, hint hint hint, shoe shoe shoe. So of course she added, rather coyly, '... and "of course" I'm going to do some shoe shopping!'
I see this all the time on TV (which I don't watch much, but every time I do the shoe thing seems to crop up. Women boasting how many shoes they have, showing off their shoe cupboard like their shoes are trophies or something, TV presenters saying things like "I bet you'll be spending it all on shoes!' to women, and women agreeing.
When did this nonsense start? I mean, in my day yes, girls liked fashion and beauty too, but there wasn't this idea that the highest goal for the female of the species is to own a room full of useless, expensive shoes!
Was it Imelda Marcos who started it all off? Or was I living under a stone all those years before I caught on to how I 'should' be spending my hard earned cash?
Sorry. Just had to vent.
The other day I was watching Millionaire in Germany and a woman won EUR 16000. So Guenther Jauch asked her what she's going to do with the money. She said she's going to buy a Harry Potter first edition. He didn't like that. "That's not a very womanly choice," he said, hint hint hint, shoe shoe shoe. So of course she added, rather coyly, '... and "of course" I'm going to do some shoe shopping!'
I see this all the time on TV (which I don't watch much, but every time I do the shoe thing seems to crop up. Women boasting how many shoes they have, showing off their shoe cupboard like their shoes are trophies or something, TV presenters saying things like "I bet you'll be spending it all on shoes!' to women, and women agreeing.
When did this nonsense start? I mean, in my day yes, girls liked fashion and beauty too, but there wasn't this idea that the highest goal for the female of the species is to own a room full of useless, expensive shoes!
Was it Imelda Marcos who started it all off? Or was I living under a stone all those years before I caught on to how I 'should' be spending my hard earned cash?
Sorry. Just had to vent.
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