Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Sitting in the hallway

Class finished early and now I am in the hallway waiting for my next class. I think I'll be here for about half and hour. Its amazing what I have noticed. People are really interesting to watch. There is a classroom in front of me with the door open. The professor just told them to do an activity with the person they are sitting next to. I can see 4 different people. 2 guys and 2 girls. One of the girls is skinny, has long blonde hair with a slight curl, neatly dressed, really tan etc. There is a guy sitting next to her. She does not appear to know him because they were sitting extremely far apart. This guy just kinda looks like your typical what some would call "popular" guy. Football player build, nicely dressed, etc. When the professor called for partners this guy jumped at the opportunity to work with this blonde girl. She seems very full of herself and acts like she is too good for this guy who is basically drooling over her, but flirts shamelessly with him anyway. This was not the case for the other girl. The other girl is curvy (but not huge), her light brown hair is in a ponytail, she isn't as tan as the other girl and doesn't dress as nice at the other girl but she still looks put together. In my opinion, she is very pretty. The guy sitting next to her doesn't appear to know her either because again, there is a lot of space between them. This boy also looks like a typical football player type. When the professor called for partners, he looked at the brown haired girl who was very enthusiastic and seems like a genuinely nice person. She says hi to him and he pretty much blew her off and left her to do the work while he stared at the blonde on the row in front of him.
Why are people like this? I see it all the time and I have yet to figure out why it happens. Yeah the second girl isn't as fit, tan or blonde as the first but that doesn't mean she is worth any less. As I write this I can see the look on her face of almost pure defeat. Its absolutely heartbreaking to see another woman treated like this. Why does this happen? I blame the media. They tell all of the women out there that we need to be tall, blonde, tan and skinny. This is not a reality for all women. 
Men complain about women thinking that they all need to be football player types. This is so not true. But if you want to play that way then we can too. So I say this to the men: women will continue to "expect you to  be a football player type" for as long as you expect women to be Victoria's Secret models. Not every woman will end up looking like a Victoria's Secret model that's just the way it is. Stop drooling over the rude Victoria's Secret model and be a decent person to the nice normal girl right next to you.