girls are gross...

Every company will tell you their main demographic they market to is women--that's a known fact; we are everyone's prime market because we're the only ones who keep the country afloat in times of crises. A woman will buy anything she wants-anytime she wants. For example, the only companies that didn't dive during the Great Depression were cosmetics and jewelry. Crazy, right? Not when you think of the poor nature of women and how needy we are to 'fit in' and look the part. We'll spend ungodly amounts of money on things we don't need. Why? Because it will make us skinny, rich, or tan. And we're so desperate as a gender that we'll buy into anything. But since we’re the reason for the economy not being completely obsolete, you’d think the companies would come up with some more flattering ways of advertising to us & getting our attention. Instead, there's a continuous marketing stream of 'bettering' ourselves as women; commercials aren't helping us feel better about ourselves. If anything, they’re doing nothing more than constantly reminding us of how gross we are and how we need to DO more in order to BE more.

Ads seem to be one extreme or the other-never a middle ground where someone isn't gagging or crying before the end of a commercial. Most commercials targeting females are disgusting and revolting. There's nothing worse than sitting through a Tampax commercial with my babe and his friends, with a woman & her insightful observations about her cramps and flow. Gross. Just nasty. Or better yet, how about being convinced to purchase a product from a butterfly who flits across the screen from flower to flower that's suppose to symbolize something about a woman's monthly cycle? That's just embarrassing. Comparing us to animals? And butterflies at that-which, alongside kittens, puppies, and baby panda bears, is an animal we should NOT be compared to during THAT time of the month. Give me a freakin' break. Even medicine ads, and i'm talking about ALL kinds, target women. Have you ever sat through a commercial for anti depressants & NOT seen a female? Never. Why do women have to be the depressed ones, pharmaceutical marketing genius? Because you know we'll buy it, that's why. You're so good that you almost convinced me that i was depressed from watching a commercial. Hell, even E.D. meds are aimed at women. 'Any ordinary moment can turn into an extraordinary opportunity' as the woman is giving the man bedroom eyes. COME ON. I've never known any woman in her 60s depressed because her husband of 40 something years can't bump & grind with her on a daily basis anymore. Especially the older couples with kids. They've been through it all. Pregnancy alone is enough to keep a man a good football field's length away from a woman. So either way, females are nasty...and screwed. We're either actively menstruating, pregnant, or too old for either. Regardless, we can't win. But apparently there are drugs that can help us get through our gross-ness and attain the life we want to live. Just remember, no erection should last longer than 4 hours.

These girdles can make you look like you're 'suppose' to in your clothes.

But it's either the extreme of saying 'this is you & it's O.K.' or the other that implies 'you're never going to make it in this world as a woman, you nasty thing'. And honestly, i can't say which i prefer. The 'you're O.K.' ads are just gross, but at least they're realistic; whereas the ones that beat women down are sad (but sometimes funny, so that scores a few points). These are especially damning to our younger generations. I'm referring to the commercials that are blatantly targeting females: diet pills, tighter more revealing clothing, SPANX, or push up bras, push up panties, etc. I can't even check my email without an animated female shrinking in her dress. A constant reminder to lose weight. There's a reason you're animated, computer vixen: you're not real & i hate you.

And now adult clothing stores are carrying padded bikinis for kids as young as 7 years old? REALLY? What 7 year old is thinking about bigger boobs? What 7 year old needs to be concerned with this? But at the same time, I guess the commercial geniuses are doing them a favor: girls have to learn at an early age that they'll never be good enough, skinny enough, skin clear enough, or their hair as nice & shiny as the Pantene models. I'm not saying put a bunch of fat ladies in their undies and advertise that's it's O.K. to show off your body, which if you remember, that's been done & was just as gross. But how about just keying it down a notch creative commercial guy? It's already bad enough that almost every female i know (other than those in my family) has had some form of surgery done to their bodies for self esteem or physical issues, there's no need to advertise it to make even more women feel less than worthy for what God gave them. But what's so sad, is that most women want or worse, think that they need something done in order to fit in or be happy. And what’s worse is that they’re passing along this self-damning image to their children-they’re daughters. These women are probably the ones buying their 7 year olds padded bikinis.

We all know that being a female is no walk in the park. But that's why God gave us the burden instead of men. Could you imagine what the world would be like if men had to have menstrual cycles once a month? Or give birth? Or knowing they are the reason any commercial is ever made? Or how about them feeling like they are too fat, too greasy, or skin not clear enough for another to sleep with them? God forbid. They couldn't make it. Although the pain was a curse God gave us as part of being female, i believe it was given to us because we can handle it. Yeah, no doubt there are things about females that are gross, but that's what makes us women. But that's not all that makes us women. But menstrual cycles and a lack of self confidence cannot define a gender-so for all of you women lacking self esteem, get over it and get a grip. Realize there's definitely more to men that makes them nasty than meets the eye, but since we're the ones with the purses, the companies know we're the ones who are buying. Not men. So it's our flaws that are thrown on the screen because we're the ones who can handle everyone knowing our business & the pressures of not being good enough. But seriously, marketing this to girls as young as 7 years old? That's out of line. Little girls need to be thinking about dolls & ponies, not the size of their boobs. They have the rest of their life to be unhappy & self conscious about that.

And boobs are a great way to measure your worth.

As nasty as females are with our acne-scarred faces, greasy hair, and of course, the fact that we have a period every month unless we're pregnant, how can we expect our men to even want to hang out with us, much less have sex with us? Let me tell you...because they can't go without it. And according to the E.D. commercials we can't either. Take a walk. Read a book of intelligence & put down the Harlequin novels. Go talk to a group of young girls to know the pressures they are facing & do something to help them. And do something to help you. Stop feeling sorry for yourself, stop making excuses & get up, get moving, and do something to make you feel better, because apparently nothing will make you be better. As females, we are gross. Period. (some pun intended)