Food For Thought 4 - Confused? It's quite straight forward. Think!

Seriously now, is everyone just confused lol.

I found out today that the trend often seen in America and now also in England involving pants falling so low that people's underwear and for lack of a better word, arse's are hanging out, actually originates from prison mates. In prison, people aren't aloud to wear belts in case they hang themselves and back in the day, maybe even today, 'inmates' pants would fall down. Now why would you imitate this? The thing that, in my opinion makes it even worse is, the majority of people sporting this trend don't even know what it represents.

Why have we all become so lazy, no one thinks anymore. Everyone is so quick to get offended by stereotype's but the majority are aspiring to be one.

I know so many mixed race people raised in English white family's and suddenly they hit a certain age and everything about them says 'black Jamaican' or acting out every stereotype put upon an african, by all means embrace your roots, embrace any culture but be true to yourself. So many people come into contact with a new crowd, a new belief, a new approach to life and they just diminish. Strength of character is to take lessons from life, experiences, knowledge and keep hold of it, build on that. Don't let other people's views erase yours. You are erasing who you are, you are mimicking other people, it is wrong on so many levels; everything originates from somewhere and to walk around representing something you know nothing about is not only disrespecting a culture and history but it is also disrespecting yourself and your history.

I see people walking round with pictures of Gun's on there clothing and I'm thinking what message are you trying to give? Nine times out of ten if i bring such a query up with a person, they haven't even thought about it.

All the girls i see that kid themselves, thinking they are respected by men when every man see's them as a 'link' or 'easy', in other words not relationship material. Now those girls could very well have depth, they could have been raised to have such respect for themselves, they could have been through alot and it is just a reach out for love, who ever they 'really' are or whatever the reason for their change, it doesn't matter, because when encountering a different approach to life they have followed it without thought. So reasoning goes out of the window, they may have no idea of the consequences of there actions but non the less the consequences, judgement, stereotype, disrespect all comes. Fair enough if they are inderpendant and are doing it for themselves, but too often this isn't the case.

'EVERY ACTION HAS A REACTION'.

'IT IS NOT WHAT HAPPENS TO YOU THAT MATTERS BUT HOW YOU DEAL WITH IT'

Now this also applys for men, in my oppinion. Why on earth is a girl a slag for sleeping around and a man a legend? Everyone jokes but everyone agrees, yet no one admits to being sexist and no one has a real reason. Religion and culture aside, we are equal being's, we have equal desires and equal rights. Now someone said to me, 'i wouldn't want my future wife to have slept around!' Well i wouldn't want my husband to have either. Yet woman are expected to just accept this? If you are an individual then think like one, if you think woman are inferior or feel differently and have different needs to men in any way then fair enough but you are by definition Sexist, if you don't feel this way then behave how you would want your partner to behave.


Some cultures do, or have classed woman as inferior. Ever THOUGHT how that might have come about? Physical strength is the first thing that springs to my mind. when all is said and done, remove money or any modern civilisation methods and we are back to animal instincts and means of survival, the strongest survive. So i guess it comes down to how you view it, more spiritual ancient cultures such as the Egyptians view woman as sacred, as woman produce life. Google 'Egyptian Ankh'. To me we are equal, one does not go on with out the other, i think everyone should respect that.

It isn't difficult, male or female, rich or poor, black or white if you behave a certain way or wear certain things then you are giving an impression. Practice what you preach, take note of the messages you are delivering before doing so.