Stretch Marks and Women’s Confidence
Being a woman is indeed harder than men because of the fact that we are the ones responsible for birth delivery which put our lives into danger. Also sad is the fact that due to pregnancy, women are more prone to getting stretch marks.
To others, it may not be a big deal but to many women, stretch marks may tarnish self-confidence. After giving birth to my first born, Marcus, I realized I cannot face my husband naked anymore without the lights off. It got worser after giving birth to my second child, Marvic, I panicked and used creams to prevent stretch marks but of course, there’s no way I can prevent it anymore, it’s already there.
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Women After Marriage
Can you imagine a world without men? No crime and lots of happy fat women. ~Nicole Hollander
Don’t worry my male readers, this article is not meant to antagonize the male species. I just started this post with Hollander’s quote because it made me smile and it’s relative to what I’m about to write.
The other day, a woman friend of mine, Ella (not her real name), called me and we had a long chat about her marital woes. Apparently, there was a fight again between her and her husband Ned (also not his real name). The husband was jealous and doubtful of her and almost beat her to death during that fight.
Sadly, that was not the first time Ned resorted to violence because of his unreasonable jealousy and lack of trust. It’s ironic how he always claim that he’s very much in love with Ella but he’s always hurting her, emotionally and physically.
A lot of women are suffering the same fate as Ella. The modern age and technology hardly changed the traditional and cultural context about women and her roles after marriage. Like in other parts of the world, the dogma about Filipino women have been defined according to a patriarchal system. In this age and time, gender and female sexuality are still defined by the dominant social group of men.
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