In light of the recent presidential election I had posted a photo on my Facebook Wall. It showed the following photo...
Now I for one cannot imagine suffering torture, prison, and beatings just for the right to vote. Today we find many liberties that our ancestors were not able to take part in, and I am very thankful for those liberties. To think that women just 70 years ago went through such turmoil just to voice their choice in an election; today we have slews of women that do not exercise that earned right, nor do they wish to even involve themselves in the election process, or inner/outer workings of our Government. I guess that is their choice, but wow...did our fore mothers go through the pits to earn that right! Despite who has taken the office of the presidency, I truly respect that office and pray for the man to which the authority has been given. As I ponder the plight of our fore mothers my mind wanders to third world countries in which even today events such as beatings, prison, and suffering occur for simple things such as carrying a Bible or exposing the hair or face. What a poverty to hold a race in such a menial caliber.
Many of us study history and how it affected the human race over time. Sometimes when I look at the female race within the boundaries of history I reflect upon when a lady was a lady. There were and always will be good ladies, and bad ladies. I feel overall a lady acted, dressed, and emitted being a lady even in the poorest of conditions. The picture to the right is one we would all agree features a beautiful lady. She is adorned with a lovely scarf and wears her tresses demurely around her face. Her bosom a pale and lovely shade, and roses surround her as if to say one would smell them if she walked into a room.
Then there is the farm woman or the working woman. Even though she totes a bucket and wears a wool work apron she still emits femininity. Graciously and respectfully, she wears her hair off her face if not for a bit of style for practicability as she does her daily chores. Perhaps her hands are not soft or supple, and it may be that her scent is not of roses, but you can almost smell the bacon upon her clothing from the recent breakfast. I am not one to say that folks in the represented time frames were not smelly; they had to be smelly after working in the humid heat of the day in long sleeves, skirts and the like! I do believe our human race has found many ways over the years of masking the odor of a hard day's work.
THEN along came the roaring 20's! WOW did women change. The photo to the right is a pic of my Gram. Some say I resemble her; I know I can sure cook a good dinner like she could! I can remember my grandmother telling me that when she was a mere 18 years of age she decided to cut her hair. Now mind you her hair was a long braid down her back, and it touched the top of her tail bone. She and her sister took that braid and made one smart "clip!" Well, "As I held that braid in my hand," she said, "I thought of two things...1. I am liberated from it hanging in my face and all over, but I loved having long hair ...and 2. my mom is going to be so angry!" She was right her mom was very angry and my grandma officially became a flapper type of gal. Not long after she found herself married and quite pregnant. Ooops. So much for her freedom! I still have that braid. She kept that piece of her youth and passed it on to me. I love remembering the story she told me when she handed it to me. I also thought, "Hmmm....who keeps their hair like this? Why?" I think it was because my gram was a lady. Her long hair kind of made her feel like a lady. After she cut it off I believe she regretted the femininity of what she had.
WHAT HAPPENED?
What happened to a lady being a lady? Now instead of embracing our fair sex we change it. Women inject things into their bodies to become fuller, rounder, bigger, smaller, browner, or paler than than how they are. Clothing has become tighter, shorter, skimpier, smaller, well let's just say almost non-existent. And to think folks were appalled in the early 1800's by the empire waist and sometimes sheer fabric! If our ancestors...if my gram...could come back today and see the state of what a lady is today I bet they would almost pass out and die all over again. I cannot avoid what some call "artists" or "stars" like Lady Gaga repulsive. Really...what makes a person named Gaga a lady? I cannot in any way think of her as a lady. No apologies here I am not quite an old geezer, and I am allowed an opinion. She is not an artist to me. She happens to be a focal point of our youth unfortunately leading them down a terrible "this is what we are supposed to look like and act like" path. I cannot drive past a billboard, go to a local department store, or watch a commercial on television without being inundated with what the 'lady' is supposed to look like today. HOGWASH! Now I am not overweight, I have some wrinkles, I am not pale or brown, I have a few rolls here that should be there, but I refuse to inject pig fat into my lips so I can look appealing. I would rather fry my pig fat in a cast iron skillet thank you very much. So here is to the ladies that take the time to look like ladies. The gals that appreciate who they were created to be and embrace modesty while promoting a social moral compass that steers the rest of us.
When I see the "hey guys look at me" woman in a mini-skirt with make-up everywhere and an exposed cleavage to boot...I cannot help but think of the Bible verse that says: Proverbs 11:22 "Like a gold ring in a pig's snout is a beautiful woman without discretion"!
What happened to a lady being a lady? Now instead of embracing our fair sex we change it. Women inject things into their bodies to become fuller, rounder, bigger, smaller, browner, or paler than than how they are. Clothing has become tighter, shorter, skimpier, smaller, well let's just say almost non-existent. And to think folks were appalled in the early 1800's by the empire waist and sometimes sheer fabric! If our ancestors...if my gram...could come back today and see the state of what a lady is today I bet they would almost pass out and die all over again. I cannot avoid what some call "artists" or "stars" like Lady Gaga repulsive. Really...what makes a person named Gaga a lady? I cannot in any way think of her as a lady. No apologies here I am not quite an old geezer, and I am allowed an opinion. She is not an artist to me. She happens to be a focal point of our youth unfortunately leading them down a terrible "this is what we are supposed to look like and act like" path. I cannot drive past a billboard, go to a local department store, or watch a commercial on television without being inundated with what the 'lady' is supposed to look like today. HOGWASH! Now I am not overweight, I have some wrinkles, I am not pale or brown, I have a few rolls here that should be there, but I refuse to inject pig fat into my lips so I can look appealing. I would rather fry my pig fat in a cast iron skillet thank you very much. So here is to the ladies that take the time to look like ladies. The gals that appreciate who they were created to be and embrace modesty while promoting a social moral compass that steers the rest of us.
When I see the "hey guys look at me" woman in a mini-skirt with make-up everywhere and an exposed cleavage to boot...I cannot help but think of the Bible verse that says: Proverbs 11:22 "Like a gold ring in a pig's snout is a beautiful woman without discretion"!
Bottom line to me is...it doesn't matter if you wear make-up or not, it doesn't matter if you wear long or short hair, it does not matter if you wear jeans or skirts, it is not for me or anyone else to judge...what matters is that a lady is a lady. Keep that moral compass shining and protect the femininity we still have! Dress, act, talk, portray, be...a lady.
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