Tell It Like We See It

This is a great little video made by students at a university in Canada as a class project. My guess is that they were tasked to bring in ads from magazines that stereotyped women in objectified, submissive roles and men in cold, dominating roles. And my guess is that it wasn't difficult. It is shocking when you see these types of ads placed side by side. Even more shocking is when we aren't shocked; when we experience these ads cool or sexy because we're so desensitized to these extreme roles.

A Husband's Permission

The sixties may seem like an aeon ago, especially to young women. But in the span of human history, it isn't very long ago and the changes that have happened between then and now are monumental. The young women of today who don't want to call themselves feminists may not realize what the feminists of the sixties achieved. To see what they came out of to where we are today is astounding.

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They literally brought women into the world. We were sequestered away as an accessory of husbands. Our job was to keep that home and that's it. Women didn't have choices like we do now. And if they did choose to do something different, rest assured that their way was made very difficult.

When I was in college, one of my professors told us that when she was first married (in the seventies) she went to the local library to get a card and was told she needed her husband's permission. As a married woman, she had the rights of a child! So, as a reminder, here are five things women couldn't do in the sixties.

Bringing Booty Back

I'm incredibly late to this party (156 million views!) but this is a very catchy sixties style doo-wop that got in my head and I can't get it out.



What's even cooler than this fun little song, though, is the story behind it. Meghan Trainor shopped the song around for a long time before a producer told her that she needed to record the song. She did and the rest is history!

Regret At Age Fifteen

When asked what their biggest fear is, some of these teenage girls replied with the expected heights, bugs and crowds, but a majority answered with shockingly adult answers. Death. Not fulfilling their dreams. Not being happy with their life when they're older. Failure. The future.

These are things that I fear, as a forty-year old! At their age, I don't remember thinking about failure. Even while pushing through adversity I only thought about what I was going to accomplish. Though these fears may have always been there I'm sure I wasn't aware of them until quite recently. It makes me wonder what these girls will fear when they're my age. Perhaps, having lived through these fears, they won't fear anything at all!

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