Attention vs. Affection

Why are women so catty? I think a big part of it is why women feel the need to be sexy to be accepted. I find it hard to believe that a young woman who believes she is smart and funny and a good person would show case her body as if that were all she was worth. Not that women shouldn't try to be pretty, or seek to enhance the beauty that God gives them but, it's just some of these girls seem like they feel as though that's all they have. its not necessarily their beauty or their femininity either. It's their sexuality. Friends of mine tear each other apart for their "slutiness" their makeup, their lack of clothing. I know I'm called a prude or a goody two shoes. Yesterday someone started calling me Laura from "Little House on the Prairie". You can't win. Superchic(k) has a song with a line "They think any light you shine makes there's lesser, they have to prove to every one that there's is better"

I know this has been gone over so many times, but this is what society sells us. Feminists tell us there is no difference between men and women, that people started believing them. The only recognized differences are the obvious physical ones, and therefore the only "womanly" attributes are the physical. You turn on your television and reality shows have a dozen scantily clad women making out with a man for his affection and attention for the coming week before they are voted out. They say they are in love after a month of time in front of cameras. A 22 year old mother of two I know, gets dolled up like a sex pot, to go to the bar because she doesn't know how else to get attention, the same woman is in denial about the alcoholism she uses to self treat her depression. What a shame and what a waste of her talents. They confuse attention with affection.

I honestly used to to feel either indifferent or arrogance and irritation towards these women. The Lord has been working on my heart, because I now feel, pity. It's not just society or absent fathers, we make girls feel this way, our daughters and sisters and cousins and nieces. I have made a decision to be purposeful in the way I compliment my little Monkey, my sister. She truly is gorgeous, but what if as she age her peaches and cream complexion gets zits? What if her huge blue eyes need glasses, her thinness lends itself to gangliness rather then grace? I used to tell her "Monkey, your so beautiful." Now I tell her "your so smart, you were so kind to you friend today, that was such a funny joke, that's a beautiful picture you drew. . . " I never want her to think her body is the best she has to offer.

Hi I'm just getting started with this, so give me some grace. I hope to work on this page a little each day, so hopefully it will be up to par soon.
I'm planning on using this page as a place to voice my opinions, and get some feed back. I'll admit that while I try to be joyful I'm not always, So a lot of this might be about whats wrong with whatever various issues, as I see it. Also as you might of already noticed grammar wasn't really my subject in school. I'll do my best there are bound to be punctuation errors and run on sentences and . . . well the list could go on for a while. But I'll try. Thanks for reading!