Sunday, January 25, 2009

Understanding Women

With the Sundance Film Festival almost over and 123 hours worked in 10 days...I can finally come back to the awesomeness that is Mass Comm 2010 Blogging *cheers*

While on breaks, I had the blessing of reading Douglas' book, "Where the Girls Are."

Being single and reading a book titled, "Where the Girls Are," in a bar full of Utah Valley drunkards/Film Festival goers from all over the world...I received alot of spectacular comments...Some funny....Some uncanny...but most downright annoying!

Tired of the jokes, I decided to take the initiative...The bar in my explanation is "Adult Day Care" and in the land of Day Care stories are always welcome! So I decided to teach my fellow patrons the world through Susan Douglas' eyes...

I explained the Introduction, Fractured Fairy Tales, including the reference to Disney... With strong reviews (and one boneheaded one from a guy from Payson, UT) many men and women commented on their views...

My favorite line was, "Anytime when you can learn about the opposite sex, you've already gone a step above yourself!"

But the most influential person to comment was a lady from New York...

Cindy was from the mean streets of Manhattan...She came to Sundance for a getaway from her daily grind on Wall Street, in which she is a stockbroker....

A single middle-aged women she has no trouble not having any kids...

no trouble not being married...

and really has no trouble depending on any man in general...

She was very interested in the book and borrowed it from me for a few minutes before she went to her 6 o'clock movie showing...

She read the same chapters I read and proceeded to give her two cents...

She pointed out the time when the Cold War was a race, not only for nuclear weapons and space exploration, but a race for women to be as equal as men!

At the time of the Cold War, Cindy was a little girl. Growing up in Upstate New York, her mother baked and made homemade meals from scratch. Her father worked in a factory making pipe fittings for ships... Growing up she commented on how her father was distraught about how women should not be involved in "Man's work." Remembering vividly, she commented on the times of racial segregation and how the times were changing.

Looking back she connected with Douglas', Intro and Fractured Fairy Tales and insisted that, "Woman are Powerful enough to hang with the boys!"

While holding an expensive glass of wine in one hand and my book in the other, she turned and smiled, "But every women deserves a Prince Charming."

I asked her, "Who is a great example of a pioneering lady who battled men for equality before 1920?"

She said, "Famous Sharpshooter, Annie Oakley"..."every man respected her, no man wanted to mess with her!"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Oakley

1 comment:

  1. This was an awesome story about the NY woman in your bar. Thanks for sharing it. I hope your daughter turns out to be an example of what you are teaching her to be in life. Good luck with that.

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