It’s not misogynistic but it does speak to perhaps ‘male privilege’ (for lack of a better term) to not understand why women buy products that claim to help them stay looking youthful.
Women’s worth = young & beautiful.
Men’s worth = strong & wealthy. If you’re wealthy enough, you can look like a toad and get the ‘prize’ of the young & beautiful woman. But if you’re a poor lad, better hit the gym!
Hopefully this changes but I’m not holding my breath...
I'm disappointed to find I'm the only "27"-year-old woman in our little row of houses here, with greying hair. It seems that in Ireland you're not allowed to go grey if you're female. Unless you're the funny English woman who's just moved in...
There's no way we'll be self-sufficient in anything this year, and I wasn't actually intending to grow any veg while the garden needs a radical overhaul. However, it's great to have had so much gardening time that I've been able to make a small veg bed, so we can look forward to sugar peas, courgettes and runner beans, at least. And it's been fab to spend relaxed time in old clothes in lockdown, not under pressure to get the decorating done quickly, so that's a plus.
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
Don't you think that this is all just down to the age we live in? We assume bygone eras were the same, but I'm not so sure. I've lived my life in the advertising era. People make lots of money by selling 'stuff'. If the advertisers thought they could make more money selling lipstick to men, they'd sell lipstick to men. They sell TV sports packages to men - I used to begrudge paying a TV licence, but now I pay a TV licence and a fee to BT, Sky....blah. It's just money making - commercialism - isn't it? Men appear to be suckers for gadgets - so they sell gadgets to men. Kids like sweets - when are sweet ads aired?
It's not men making women do anything - advertisers just see a market - and women in this era are the 'peacocks' so fashion and look is targeted at them. Men are now being targeted to a lesser extent. Things change with time.
Who exactly stops you going grey of you're a woman? How many female magazine editors are women - and is the targeted marketing in those magazines still the same?
@Liriodendron lol you are right about going grey, I don't know one single person who is, my friends are always offering to put a colour in my hair. I just think of all the money and wasted hours spent in the hairdressers, now I can buy more plants!!
Dear friend @Hostafan1 if I’ve been out of order I apologise ... I’ve been told more than once that I should make it clearer when I’m teasing. I’m sorry. xx
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Nowadays - people are shoving all sorts into their bums so that they can have a bum the size of two bums, like that ridiculous mare Karcrashian. What's that about? Some folk are easily swayed [and buy whatever the 'in' celeb is promoting] , some are led to buy a product that might be better than something they already use, and some folk are just.... stoopid, like the aforementioned 'bum insert' people. Often - you just have to laugh....
I can lend you some hair @punkdoc . Plenty in this household
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
On more mundane matters, I don’t think I have put on my watch or used after shave since March.
What I do miss are all the social gatherings and dinner parties. A spin off of that is that I am now watching Gardeners’ World more often as I am now always in on Friday evenings. Yes, I know there’s Catch Up and recording but I never got round to it.
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There's no way we'll be self-sufficient in anything this year, and I wasn't actually intending to grow any veg while the garden needs a radical overhaul. However, it's great to have had so much gardening time that I've been able to make a small veg bed, so we can look forward to sugar peas, courgettes and runner beans, at least. And it's been fab to spend relaxed time in old clothes in lockdown, not under pressure to get the decorating done quickly, so that's a plus.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
What's that about?
Some folk are easily swayed [and buy whatever the 'in' celeb is promoting] , some are led to buy a product that might be better than something they already use, and some folk are just.... stoopid, like the aforementioned 'bum insert' people.
Often - you just have to laugh....
I can lend you some hair @punkdoc . Plenty in this household
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
What I do miss are all the social gatherings and dinner parties. A spin off of that is that I am now watching Gardeners’ World more often as I am now always in on Friday evenings. Yes, I know there’s Catch Up and recording but I never got round to it.