I came across yet another column this morning written by a lady type columnist complaining about the 'War on Women'.... no - not the GOP, not the workplace, not even Walmart!
Nope, her wails were wails of complaint that as she walks through Target or Beall's stores, she is bombarded with women's beauty products. In her words, she is faced with clothes designed for anorexic teenage waifs and not real women. The covers of the magazines at the check outs all have photo-shopped, airbrushed, covers of glamorous women, coiffed and perfectly made up.
Whoa Nellie -- !!
What about us middle aged and older guys? I walk through Target and Beall's stores and don't see a single pair of flat front chino's in my waist and inseam size. I couldn't get my right leg into most of 'em, much less button 'em up. If I want a non-tuck shirt, I am directed to the Guayabera shirt racks for old fat men.
I go to the check out counter and see pictures staring back at me .. pictures of George Clooney, Richard Gere, Tom Cruise. Six pack abs, and a full head of hair. Where is the fairness in that? These fellas spend all morning at the gym and all afternoon posing for pictures. They think gravity will ignore them in the years to come .... Hah!
And it doesn't end there.
Try to catch a cab on a rainy day - a middle aged, paunchy man on one corner, and some cute twenty-something chick with a short skirt barely covering her lovely assets on the other, and see who gets the first cab to stop.
Or stand with your head shining under the lights at a Starbucks stand manned by two young fellers and a bevy of pretty young things shouting their orders for 'Cinnamon Dolce Latte' or 'Caffe Mocha'?
Don't hold your breath waiting to order that "cup of regular coffee, black please".
War on women? Nah - I don't think so. War on 'experienced' folks -- you betcha!!!
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