Prince Myshkin

Of course she's free to wear what she wants. Problem being, she's not wearing what she wants, nor is she simply enjoying her body. She's 'playing the sexy girl for others' as she admitted. She's wearing little clothes because she has to (except she doesn't have to). And she's doing that alongside telling girls to do the same. So whilst my advice appears to be contradictory, I can't respect her for that. I will respect her right to do it, but I won't respect her. Like I said though, she won't care.

I hope you didn't think I'd been mean in my reply since you included me in that? :\ I hadn't thought you'd been dumb. Just inexperienced.

Goodnight.

Absolutely zero problems, though i'm quite sure it was only a mild trip as when i've spoken to others who have trips they have had far more vivid hallucinations and their trips have lasted for longer.

I've had that quite a few times. Anyone ever have a dream where they write an amazing song? Then you wake up and try and remember it but can never quite manage :angry:

The things I took seriously back then are the things I don't take seriously now. And I still take certain things seriously (hence this thread), so it's not like I've just lost motivation. I find it depressing when people's focuses don't shift throughout their life (I'm talking about privileged people here - obviously some peoples focuses remain the same through necessity).

But then I wouldn't play the sexy girl for strangers so much if I was a girl so I couldn't imagine getting into that situation. But that's just me. She's fine to do it but i won't respect her for it, and she won't care anyway.

Indeed. The teenage years are really weird in retrospect. It's the cliche that you feel as though they are gonna be the most important part of your life and the pressures won't be the same and there's gonna be so many other things going on in the future, but it's true. I didn't become who I am today until I was about 21. So really I've only had 3 years of it. I'm excited to see where I'll be at in five years time.

This was how it was for me the other week. So pretty good.

Fair points. I'd still have more respect for her if she didn't make her living wearing revealing clothes. She is playing the game, but I don't see much merit in that. I guess it's better that we have people like her who can give out mixed messages and sometimes get it right, than people who give out constantly negative messages, but as I've said elsewhere on the board, I've seen her come onto an interview and give young girls the advice of 'shoulders back, tits out' which wasn't even said without irony and wasn't even said as an attack on the system. Still though, yes she made some good points there.

Apparently this becomes even more common in your thirties and forties (according to several people I know who have spoken about maturing, settling down - not necessarily for a family - and looking at life in a different way) for a certain type of person. Not everyone, obviously, as some really fear growing older appearance-wise.

It's also a common thing to describe a successful or commanding woman who takes control as manly. As if to say a woman can't be successful. It demeans women and further reduces the small spectrum of womanhood that is seen to be acceptable. Whilst a man would be seen as assertive, a female is often seen as a real bitch.

Yeah, I tend to ramble. I was just defending logic I guess. Except in a bit of an illogical way - ie unintelligibly.

True logic is the best way to deal with things (in my opinion), providing you have the right combination of logic of how to solve a situation and also the ability to logically understand emotion and the role it has to play on matters. The latter being important so you can see how to influence others in a positive way and have them look after themselves. The most logical way (based purely on results) around something may not be the best if you consider some of the negative factors which would take place if you took emotion out of the equation. You have to understand how people will react to certain things. The sociological impact of what is done. But then there is a logic behind that too, so once again logic is the way. The main problem is that people are often misinformed and their logic is distorted through mistruths. Then there's the cultural differences that show that people all over world think in different ways. Take genital mutilation for example. It is seen as barbaric in the western world (and indeed plenty of other places) but it is still practised in other places. Now it would be easy to say you are to ban these things because there is no humane logic behind it past control of women. Unfortunately, simply holding that fact doesn't change you chances of decreasing it's prevalence in some cultures. In some cultures, as much as it seems illogical to some, the answer is not to ban it outright but to aim for a long time plan aiming to eradicate it gradually. People generally don't take well to other cultures coming in and demanding changes be made to what for many is a sacred institution. There are girls right now somewhere being mutilated, but even though it doesn't sound logical, the correct thing to do for the long term would not be to take them away from their parents. It would be for a gradual (though as fast as realistically possible) move away from such practices through education. Otherwise the practice will live on. You will save one girl but the problem will persist. more children will be born and all you will have managed is to isolate yourself from gaining access to that culture. You would be rejected. And it would be understandable because to those people they see no harm in genital mutilation, but they do see harm in you taking their children away or raising their children for them. I guess it comes down to it being that the logical way being something more than some people acknowledge. It still boils down to the logical way in the end, it just may not appear to be that.

I would subscribe to the belief (as you alluded to above) that when drunk I can be a different person, whereas my experience with some (not all) other drugs have seen me as a further realisation of myself. Not necessarily a self that I would want to be all the time, as nothing beats reality, but certainly not a self that I would ignore or couldn't relate to.

I've missed being on a messageboard where I can just type out everything I think haha. Sorry for the constant posting people!

Back to Western differences. One thing I've noticed massively is the difference in political involvement between different nations and the likelihood to back protests and strikes that are being made by other people. People in Britain are very slow to strike and because of the media setup they are vilified by many for doing so as it's seen as a negative thing to do. It's often seen as not pulling your weight. In other countries, such as France, it is seen as the sign of a healthy democracy to be striking. The ability to strike is celebrated and there are strikes all the time. This has a lot to do with the cultural impact of the French Revolution compared to Britain's history involving Oliver Cromwell and our lack of permanent removal of royalty. Indeed, France's actions in the French Revolution were to some extent influenced by Britain's previous difficulties with their monarchy and the fact that they didn't get shut when they had the chance. So with that you can see that other nearby cultures can influence your own as you do not wish to repeat the mistakes (or if you wish to copy the successes) of others. Other cultures influencing others happens with immigration, too, and that's obviously a very diverse topic.

You can compare the impact of culture on all societies if you keep it general, but down to the specifics, you'd struggle on every culture if you hadn't experienced it first hand and knew all the subtleties. But definitely, the cultures of some of the other continents of the world are almost alien to me when it boils down to that level of intricacy. As for the television and culture, something I learned last year was that in a couple of African countries (i really can't remember which one to be exact, such an ignorant git - in my defence it was over a year ago when I read it) where they were having trouble with womens rights and their status as simple vessels for giving birth, they were trying out different methods for reducing the birth rate. Giving out condoms made an impact (though was limited as many men refused to wear them), encouraging education for women and keeping them in schools for longer made an impact (but was limited because many men didn't like this, and also because for many girls it only delayed the first pregnancy by a year or two) but the factor that they found that made the biggest difference (and I hasten to add, only for a certain type of culture across a couple of countries) was the introduction of a television into the family home. Many people began mimicking those they saw on tv and enjoyed the characters in the trashy shows. It introduced thoughts on living that they had previously never considered as a possibility, even though it was coming to them through a very mainstream way, and probably not in a way that would be deemed 'perfect advice'. I just thought it was interesting that certain cultures react differently to different things because of the way that they are structured and their previous influences. Whereas in another country they found that the way to improve things was to make school uniforms free for girls. This didn't work in other areas because it all depends on all the tiny little differing facets of your culture that decides how the people respond to different changes compared to other people.

It's part of the reason why young people should be introduced to feminism. Solidarity from your own peers can work wonders and prevent some of these scenarios. I found it weird that there's not been a proper thread on feminism that I could find that lasted more than about three pages. Given that there's a decent percentage of teenage girls on this messageboard I'd have thought it would be an ideal place for some solidarity to flourish (and maybe it does in the PM's or other areas of people's lives) but I feel that a lack of such an outlet (when many use this mb as a place to document their thoughts and coming of age years) shows just how much people don't really talk about these issues. And I find that scary if I'm honest. Maybe I'm being too dramatic.

If anyone is ever hesitant best bet is not to do it, so you're right in holding off and those things until (if you ever) have friends who can look after you in that scenario. If addiction runs in the family it would also be wise for you to make sure you keep a tab on just how often you are indulging, if you ever decide to take any of them.

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I'm not too sure about that. I think he should have been called out on his actions. I think anybody should have been called out on it at his age. On the other hand, as I have said, I don't think he should get called out as much as he does do, or at least in the manner that he does do.

Some believe that literally should be the case!

Just finished with a further edit too. I was a bit of a dick don't worry.

I don't think this one is a stunt, personally. And if it was a stunt then I don't think he would personally be behind it. It'd likely be his managers, etc. It was the museum that first highlighted it though. I think it's far more likely that he's either so self absorbed (understandable but not excusable given the weird life thrust upon him) that it was genuine entry into the book, or that other people are making the mos tout of it for their own financial ends.