Author	Thread: GIRL Power
HolyGhostGirl View Profile History	GIRL Power Posted : 2 May, 2011 12:11 PM GENERALLY speaking, why do you think women hate on each other so much? I mean, men don't really do that. They have great camaraderie. They hang together, they play sports together, they work together, etc., with no problem. So ladies, especially Christian ladies...why, why, why? Is it competition? Is it because men require a certain thing out of us as far as looks? Is it something we learn at an early age? What can we do to eliminate jealousy and promote "girl power?" :rocknroll: Thanks in advance for your thoughtful responses! Post Reply
bcpianogal View Profile History	GIRL Power Posted : 2 May, 2011 01:46 PM Girls "hate on each other"? Really? Wow. I guess I'm living in a happy little bubble, then! My girl friends and I get along great, and enjoy spending long hours together just cooking, chatting, visiting, shopping, working, etc. I don't feel any sort of animosity towards them, and I don't think they feel any towards me either. This is the case with my single and married friends, as well as with my younger and older friends. Post Reply
View Profile History	GIRL Power Posted : 2 May, 2011 02:56 PM When females get along with each other it's a marvel of communication and bonding to an entirely different level to that of guys (after all, we don't go into the loos with our best mates!) Having said that, women and girls when they fall out can be unbelievably catty to each other, again to a complete other level compared to guys. We've had a few schoolgirls commit suicide over here because they've fallen out with someone in their group and been excommunicated and bullied by them since. Men generally being practical will try to get on with other guys, and provided they both have their own targets to go for, this works fine. It's when they both go after the same target that things start turning nasty! Post Reply
bcpianogal View Profile History	GIRL Power Posted : 2 May, 2011 05:53 PM Someone sent this to me years ago...dkj's post prompted me to dig it up and post it here as an answer to the question... "Why do women to the restroom in pairs?" When you have to visit a public bathroom, you usually find a line of women, so you smile politely and take your place. Once it's your turn, you check for feet under the stall doors. Every stall is occupied. Finally, a door opens and you dash in, nearly knocking down the woman leaving the stall. You get in to find the door won't latch. It doesn't matter. The dispenser for the modern "seat covers" (invented by someone's Mom, no doubt) is handy, but empty. You would hang your purse on the door hook, if there were one, but there isn't - so you carefully but quickly drape it around your neck, (Mom would turn over in her grave if you put it on the FLOOR!), yank down your pants, and assume "The Stance." In this position your aging, toneless thigh muscles begin to shake. You'd love to sit down, but you certainly hadn't taken time to wipe the seat or lay toilet paper on it, so you hold "The Stance." To take your mind off your trembling thighs, you reach for what you discover to be the empty toilet paper dispenser. In your mind, you can hear your mother's voice saying, "Honey, if you had tried to clean the seat, you would have KNOWN there was no toilet paper!" Your thighs shake more. You remember the tiny tissue that you blew your nose on yesterday - the one that's still in your purse. That would have to do. You crumple it in the puffiest way possible. It is still smaller than your thumbnail. Someone pushes open your stall door because the latch doesn't work. The door hits your purse, which is hanging around your neck in front of your chest, and you and your purse topple backward against the tank of the toilet. "Occupied!" you scream, as you reach for the door, dropping your precious, tiny, crumpled tissue in a puddle on the floor, lose your footing altogether, and slide down directly onto the TOILET SEAT. It is wet of course. You instantly bolt up, knowing all too well that it's too late. Your bare bottom has made contact with every imaginable germ and life form on the uncovered seat because YOU never laid down toilet paper - not that there was any, even if you had taken time to try. You know that your mother would be utterly appalled if she knew, because, you're certain, her bare bottom never touched a public toilet seat because, frankly, dear, "You just don't KNOW what kind of diseases you could get." By this time, the automatic sensor on the back of the toilet flushes, propelling a stream of water like a firehose that somehow sucks everything down with such force that you grab onto the toilet paper dispenser for fear of being dragged in too. At that point, you give up. You're soaked by the spewing water and the wet toilet seat. You're exhausted. You try to wipe with a gum wrapper you found in your pocket and then slink out inconspicuously to the sinks. You can't figure out how to operate the faucets with the automatic sensors, so you wipe your hands with spit and a dry paper towel and walk past the line of women, still waiting. You are no longer able to smile politely to them. A kind soul at the very end of the line points out a piece of toilet paper trailing from your shoe. ( Where was that when you NEEDED it??) You yank the paper from your shoe, plunk it the woman's hand and tell her warmly, "Here, you just might need this." As you exit, you spot your hubby, who has long since entered, used and left the men's restroom. Annoyed, he asks, "What took you so long, and why is your purse hanging around your neck?" . . .This is dedicated to women everywhere who deal with a public restroom. It finally explains to the men what really does take us so long. It also answers their other commonly asked question about why women go to the restroom in pairs. It's so the other gal can hold the door, hang onto your purse, and hand you Kleenex under the door. Post Reply
View Profile History	GIRL Power Posted : 2 May, 2011 11:06 PM I guess that explains why two go! Lol Post Reply
Tulip89 View Profile History	GIRL Power Posted : 2 May, 2011 11:19 PM I'm not a woman, but it seems to me that women who "hover" are the ones who cause the wet toilet seat. If you'd all just sit down, no one would have a problem. Post Reply
View Profile History	GIRL Power Posted : 3 May, 2011 05:04 AM That's funny, Tulip. Lol Post Reply
HolyGhostGirl View Profile History	GIRL Power Posted : 3 May, 2011 04:53 PM bcpianogal, I wish that's how it was with all women. My friends and cousins are all cool and what not, but that's my circle of girls. I'm talking about in the world in general. You may not know it because you are sooo sweet I'm sure, but you got haters too...hahaha. You may not know who they are though! Thanks for your response! Post Reply
HolyGhostGirl View Profile History	GIRL Power Posted : 3 May, 2011 04:57 PM dkj255, eloquently put! Post Reply
HolyGhostGirl View Profile History	GIRL Power Posted : 3 May, 2011 05:01 PM Tulip89, thanks for your response. My thing is this... Sometimes it's not women hating on each other, just a lack of support. It's funny how more men responded to this post than women...lol Every single time I interviewed for a job and the man was the hiring manager, I got the job....no jokes please...lol...I'm just saying. I've worked with all women before and that was ...whew! It was rough. I just feel like even if women don't flat out hate on each other, they can be incredibly catty and non-supportive, not to mention competitive. Anyway, thanks for your response! Post Reply
View Profile History	GIRL Power Posted : 3 May, 2011 07:35 PM I think emotions might play a role in that. Girls are way more "emotional" than guys, and that doesn't always mean crying. There tends to be a lot more unspoken feelings and emotions between girls and they can cause a lot of problems. Post Reply

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