Quote: (03-06-2014 09:53 PM)randomForest Wrote:
We don’t teach women to cultivate the power of feminine dignity, because we’ve decided to attempt to give them lifelong sexual power by celebrating cougardom and botox addiction. We don’t teach women the value of family, because we celebrate women who are too “independent” for children while at the same time encouraging single motherhood and consequently, the notion that men & fathers are disposable. This society has gone out of its way to shield women from the long-term consequences of their poor decisionmaking, but nature isn't playing along.
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If you make good choices, if you cultivate your personality and learn to value the love of a good man, if you can learn to take your triumphs, defeats, and uncertainies with dignity then you will be less heavily invested in the fleeting sexual power of your youth and able to transition into some more lasting & worthy when the time comes.
^^ This, pretty much.
Wasn't there a Greek philosopher who essentially said the same thing -- regarding the importance of a woman cultivating a well-rounded personality so she has something when her looks fade?
Wise words from antiquity again unheeded.