Comments on: Really (Not) – We Judge Women By Their Accomplishment! http://www.likesbooks.com/aarafterhours/?p=5852 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:52:07 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Victoria S http://www.likesbooks.com/aarafterhours/?p=5852&cpage=1#comment-335622 Victoria S Thu, 09 Aug 2012 14:32:47 +0000 http://www.likesbooks.com/aarafterhours/?p=5852#comment-335622 Leigh, when my brother told me some of the things that were being said about Gabby's hair, I thought he was kidding me. It's 2012 for gosh sakes, when are we gonna get over that? And we women have GOT to stop feeding into that silliness. We wonder why we are not taken as seriously as a man, and then something like this comes along to remind us. "Cause the sad thing is, I'd be willing to bet real money that most of those tweets were FROM OTHER WOMEN and even worse OTHER BLACK WOMEN!!!! 16 year old girl, first American to win an all-around gold EVER, in all the years they have been doing gymnastics, first black woman to win a gold in all-around EVER, in all the years they have been doing gymnastics, and we're talking about her hair!!!???? Shame on us, we really need to do better. Leigh, when my brother told me some of the things that were being said about Gabby’s hair, I thought he was kidding me. It’s 2012 for gosh sakes, when are we gonna get over that? And we women have GOT to stop feeding into that silliness. We wonder why we are not taken as seriously as a man, and then something like this comes along to remind us. “Cause the sad thing is, I’d be willing to bet real money that most of those tweets were FROM OTHER WOMEN and even worse OTHER BLACK WOMEN!!!! 16 year old girl, first American to win an all-around gold EVER, in all the years they have been doing gymnastics, first black woman to win a gold in all-around EVER, in all the years they have been doing gymnastics, and we’re talking about her hair!!!???? Shame on us, we really need to do better.

]]> By: LeeB. http://www.likesbooks.com/aarafterhours/?p=5852&cpage=1#comment-335577 LeeB. Thu, 09 Aug 2012 13:53:51 +0000 http://www.likesbooks.com/aarafterhours/?p=5852#comment-335577 I agree too. I couldn't believe that people would complain about Gabby Douglas's hair. I mean, really?!?!?! After the Superbowl, when a quarterback wins the MVP, they don't say to him, "Hey, ----, you just won MVP and the Superbowl. You're hot and sweaty and grossing us out. But where are you going now?" And he doesn't reply "I'm hitting the shower, then the hair salon and then I'm heading for Disneyland." I agree too. I couldn’t believe that people would complain about Gabby Douglas’s hair. I mean, really?!?!?!

After the Superbowl, when a quarterback wins the MVP, they don’t say to him, “Hey, —-, you just won MVP and the Superbowl. You’re hot and sweaty and grossing us out. But where are you going now?” And he doesn’t reply “I’m hitting the shower, then the hair salon and then I’m heading for Disneyland.”

]]> By: maggie b. http://www.likesbooks.com/aarafterhours/?p=5852&cpage=1#comment-335560 maggie b. Thu, 09 Aug 2012 13:38:29 +0000 http://www.likesbooks.com/aarafterhours/?p=5852#comment-335560 I agree re the issue of women and appearance. It is a shame that are soceity seems more and more determined to go down this road rather than fixing the problem. I agree re the issue of women and appearance. It is a shame that are soceity seems more and more determined to go down this road rather than fixing the problem.

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