Related Video Collections
All Comments
Do women enjoy wearing nylons/pantyhose to be more alluring? I'm curious. I find the look of a woman in hosiery very appealing and believe they add to her allure. As NE IL person, I guess I'm curious about whether there are any mature woman from IL who enjoy wearing them, and are willing to share their thoughts. | | I'm just 22, but I enjoy wearing hosiery. It looks more classy and feminine. | Did early guyren writers had a fear of female sexuality? I've noticed in some of the old guyren stories, the authors had some sort of problem of girls growing up and exploring their sexuality. They seemed to think that grown matured woman only care about make-up, lingerie, perfumes and worldliness.
If you read the CS Lewis's final Narnia Chronicles book, The Last Battle, Susan is excluded because she liked lipstick, nylons and invitations. Did Lewis wanted all his characters to remain guylike innocent and never experience love or sexuality? Aren't those things suppose to a sign of Susan maturing?
I've even read The Problem of Susan by Neil Gaiman in Fragile Things, it was scary the way Susan was treated. I even read the story Lost Girls by Alan Moore, very graphic and erotic but good and more realistic. It was definitely pro-woman and pro-sexuality.
Its almost like these guyren writers were afraid of sexuality and growing up, why? and I know it was written in a different time but why so afraid of maturing? | CS Lewis was an athiest with a christian best friend.
The main thing with writing is getting published.
The only things that made it were what the publishers wanted. Nothing to do with the writers.
The church only stopped having so much power in the late 70's. | Fear of Female sexuality? why? I've noticed in some of the old guyren stories, the authors had some sort of problem of girls growing up and exploring their sexuality. They seemed to think that grown matured woman only care about make-up, lingerie, perfumes and worldliness.
If you read the CS Lewis's final Narnia Chronicles book, The Last Battle, Susan is excluded because she liked lipstick, nylons and invitations. Did Lewis wanted all his characters to remain guylike innocent and never experience love or sexuality? Aren't those things suppose to a sign of Susan maturing?
I've even read The Problem of Susan by Neil Gaiman in Fragile Things, it was scary the way Susan was treated. I even read the story Lost Girls by Alan Moore, very graphic and erotic but good and more realistic.
Its almost like these guyren writers were afraid of sexuality and growing up, why? and I know it was written in a different time but why so afraid of maturing? | The ideas of innocence and magic are deeply intertwined in the fantastic imagination.
A sexually mature female is not only capable of sexual desire but also (from the typically male perspective of many others) an object of sexual desire, and thus a threat.
I wouldn't say it is a fear of female sexuality, per se, but it does reflect attitudes toward female sexuality as problematic.
Of course, a sexually mature male also feels lust but is not (again, from the typically male author's perspective) an object of desire as well.
Sexuality is how we most vividly and painfully become aware of ourselves as both subject and object. And aware of both aspects of others. But the divides of subjective and objective, self and others, like the divides between reason and emotion, truth and beauty, are where magic retreats, where the fantastic imagination is curtailed.
Of course, an author can also challenge and subvert these assumptions and this too can be a source of good storytelling.
Another factor to be considered is the representation of the female (adult) as a symbol of home and hearth, of responsibility, of settling down. Wives and mothers are often the "reality check" the force that keeps guyren and men from going too far in flights of fancy, making them instead be good, wash behind their ears, and play nice. This too is inhospitable to the fantastic imagination.
But it too can be challenged and subverted. | Church Dress & Others? I am 19-year-old Evangelical Christian and just started teaching a Sunday School to a group of 24 guys in our Junior High school group.
Two weeks ago my co-ordinator monitored my Bible Study class and was pleased with my presentation but while gentle - she severly criticized my dress code for church.
Although my skirt was knee-length she said it was much-too promiscous, immodest and disrespectful for Sunday School guys and, that I should not go bare-legged for Church. (It was Hot).
I felt deeply ashamed and embarressed. I asked our Pastor's wife and she mostly agreed with my supervisor and said I should endevour to be be more modestly dressed for Sunday School.
I strongly disagree that my dress sense was in any way revealing or immodest in Our Lord's house. It wasn't as if I was wearing a transparent blouse, strong perfume or a mini-skirt. I since learned from a friend that a couple of parents and a Church Elder criticized my dress code as 'distracting' to the guys. I think that guyren nowadays understand and mature enough to know that women have curves and legs as a gift from God.
Last Sunday, to avoid dissension, I bought and wore a long loose floral church dress with nylons for my presentation and to conform with their advice. Although they are much older than me, I am still very annoyed and aggrieved with their criticism. I have been a member of this congregation for five years - been very happy and not had any issues previously. I have prayed on this matter and considering leaving for a more understanding church.I really feel my good character and trust has been undermined in the congregation.
Should I find another home? | You shouldn't move just of that. Just do what they want and stick with it for awhile. If they're still critical, then look for another congregation.
And if you want to go out in style and really tick them off, wear a very, very, very, very, very, very tiny bikini like this:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ytqu-4WS5…
Good luck. | Is it possible that I'm transgendered? If I were to describe myself in three words, it would be these: sensitive, timid, dreamy. I'm very different than other sixteen year old guys. A long list of reasons is to follow, but just know this, I'm kind of effeminate - not with an effeminate voice or anything, but I have more feminine qualities than masculine. I am heterosexual, but I wonder if it's possible I'm transgendered.
For starters, I have no father. He left my mother when I was only a baby, and she's had to raise me on her own. She's a very quiet, gentle woman and she was very kind towards me. Many men have found her to be a very, very attractive woman but she's never dated since my father left home. Up until when I was about eight, she was one of the only friends I've had. When I felt down, she would hug me and hum me songs, and she'd rub my back until I felt better. She dressed me differently than other boys - up until I reached a certain age, I wore boots that are pretty much like Uggs, wool sweaters, tunics with a waistbelt, and tights (yes, nylon tights, for warmth during the winter). Don't get me wrong, she's not a sick mother and she didn't send me to school wearing women's clothing (though I've worn tights under my pants on occasions when it was really cold), just sometimes when it was freezing cold I'd wear that sort of stuff, since we live in a small house surrounded by a large forest and back yard. Once I turned around thirteen or so, I wore that stuff less and less - however, I did develop a bit of a habit of wearing girls clothing. I would secretly wear some of my mother's dresses, blouses, heels, pantyhose - I wouldn't fantasize about being a woman, per se, but I would fantasize about girls dressed like that. How I love it so when the girl I like comes dressed up to school. Eventually I broke the habit though - it just felt weird, because I know (or am pretty sure) no other guy does that.
I look and act differently than other guys anyways. I look a bit more effeminate, I have long brown hair and I grow very little body hair, or facial hair. I really love drawing, painting, cooking, writing poetry and short stories, and music - my idea of a Friday night is cooking something to eat, then just laying down in my room daydreaming while listening to some music. I still love fairy tales, where a prince and princess fall in love, and sometimes I still watch Disney movies (though I don't want my mother to know, she's wanting me to start growing up into more of a man now) - one of my all time favourite movies is Beauty and the Beast. My mother has told me that I'm a bit of a "pretty boy" but unless I was really awkward and effeminate, girls would find me cute and sweet. I'm very very shy at school, and my voice is very soft - I only have three close friends: two of whom are girls, they are my closest friends in the world and I see them every single day; one of whom I'm not quite as close with and he's a boy.
Perhaps it is odd then, considering how much exposure I've had to the opposite gender, that I can only barely conjure the courage to ask out a girl whom I'm interested in. There's a girl I know whom I've really liked for the past three years or so. She's really really pretty, I mean, not to sound creepy or anything, and she's very sweet and sincere, very considerate of others. She is smarter and more mature than I am, which I look up to and admire in a girl, she does really well in school and she's responsible. She's one of my role models (along with my mother, of course). Granted, I have gone up to talk to her a few times and we've more or less become friends, but I feel really docile towards her and am even more bashful in her presence. I look forward to seeing her at school every day, and it's kind of embarassing to admit this (and perhaps somewhat creepy), but I really anticipate seeing how she has her hair done and what she's wearing, I both love it and hate it when she dresses up nicely - the reason I say "hate it" is because then I get extremely shy of her. One time, she came to school with her hair curled, dressed in such a lovely blouse and skirt with really cute heels, and I was so shy of walking up to her that every step I'd take would give me butterflies. Then I said hi to her really gently, and I blurted out "I really like your skirt." I gave her a hug and after she left, I was all swooned. I was blushing to the point where my cheeks itched, and my legs were trembling so hard I could barely walk.
But that may be a bit beside the point. Basically, I have very unique habits in comparison to most guys and I wonder if you think I may be transgendered. | No, I don't think your transgendered, your a teenage exploring your sexuality. You know your more sensitive then many young men. You are an artist, dreamer, and a little shy.
So what if you like the feel & look of feminine clothes. Have you seen the way some teens are dressing. Many guys going with their jeans around their knees & their boxers hanging out.
I'm a married man in his 40's. I was like you in my teens (early 80's). Very confused about my gender. While most guys were into Cars & Sports. I was into Science Fiction, New age & I've always loved women's lingerie, girdles, pantyhose & such. It took me several years to figure out which way I wanted to go. So give yourself time.
Even today I like some women's fashions better than men's somewhat boring fashion styles. My wife is the same way she likes a lot of men's fashion because she says it fits better. We joke each other that we were born for each others fashions.
You have a special advantage I didn't have with the Internet to learn about your sexuality. Use it explore & learn.
Currently there is a trend on for Men wearing pantyhose/tights, and Why not, Many Straight men just love the feeling of nylon, Some wear for warmth, & Health reasons.
Check out Nylongene to see pictures of the host in shorts & activeskin hose.
Please learn more about the mantyhose trend From the sites I've listed. | Is this essay good for college level? I'm a high school sophomore enrolled in a program that allows me to take college courses while in high school. I had an assignment to do, a compare and contrast essay on two characters. Is the following essay good? What can I do to make it better? Is it college level? Thank You in advance.
Although there are a lot of differences between Esperanza and Sally, there are also a lot of similarities. On one hand we Esperanza, a young girl that throughout the book realizes her sensuality and curiosity towards boys. Esperanza is very ignorant about sex, when she meets Sally she feels Sally is sexually bold. On the other hand we have Sally, a beautiful young girl that is desirable by most boys; something that drives her abusive father crazy. Described by the narrator on page eighty one, Sally has eyes like Egypt, nylons the color of smoke, and shiny black hair. Esperanza and Sally are both young girls who desire love and the escape of Mango Street, but when it comes to what they plan to do to get out of Mango Street, they go their separate ways.
Both Esperanza and Sally desire love, whether it is from the family or a boy. As Esperanza matures through the book she sees an interest in boys. As Esperanza observes Sire and his girlfriend she wants to be loved; she wants to know what it feels like to be affectionate with a boy. Sally also wants love, but the love of her dad and family. Sally’s dad’s abusiveness and strictness shows her no love, that is why I think she is with boys so much, so she can feel the love she does not receive at home. One similarity of Esperanza and Sally is that they both want to be loved; another is that they want to escape Mango Street.
Esperanza and Sally want to escape Mango Street, just like most women want to do. From the very beginning Esperanza states that the house on Mango Street is not for her. She does not want to be like the other women that are stuck on Mango Street. Sally also does not want to stay in Mango Street, she makes a drastic decision I will later discuss to get out of Mango Street. Esperanza and Sally want to be loved and want to escape Mango Street, but they escape differently.
Esperanza and Sally eventually leave Mango Street, but they do it differently. Esperanza does not leave Mango Street, but she promises she will one day and I believe she will leave a writer. Esperanza also promises she will go back to Mango Street and help the other people living their get out. On the contrary Sally depends on someone to set her free and help her escape from Mango Street. Sally gets married before eight grade and moves out of Mango Street, she claims she got married for love though. But in reality I think Sally got married to move out of Mango Street. Esperanza and Sally both left Mango Street, Esperanza independently and Sally dependently.
Both Esperanza and Sally wish to be loved and to escape Mango Street, but they escape differently. Firstly, Esperanza wants love from a boy and Sally from her family. Secondly, both Esperanza and Sally want to leave their past behind, Mango Street. Finally, Esperanza wanted to escape Mango Street, but by herself, not with the help of a man and Sally escaped Mango Street with the help of a man. | Alright, I'm going to be harsh, but honest. *Please* do not take this the wrong way. You *are* a very good writer. Your ONLY flaw is that you're writing like a tenth-grader, not like a college student, and that's to be expected because you *are* a tenth grader. Just don't be too hard on yourself.
There are quite a few things about it that you need to fix if you want this to be a college-level essay.
First of all, you do need a title, and that title should include your topic, the book title, and the author.
"Although there are a lot of differences between Esperanza and Sally, there are also a lot of similarities." This completely fails as a thesis. You are going to sound exactly like everyone else in your class, you aren't making any substantial claims, you are just setting yourself up to write the same sort of compare/contrast essay that you've been writing since you were a third-grader. Your thesis should make a claim that your classmates will not all automatically agree with (Honestly, do you expect anyone to say "No! They're exactly alike!" or "No! They're polar opposites in EVERY way!"?) , and it should be about an issue that is not directly addressed in the book. I've never read this book, but I can tell just from what you've written that a college freshman could easily write an entire (six pages, at least) paper on the portrayal of "sexuality" or the idea of "escape" in this book. If I were you, I would pick one theme (or, since this is a comparison and contrast essay, it might be a better idea to choose one dichotomy between the girls), and use it to build a thesis that you will actually need to *work* to prove.
"On one hand [...] something that drives her abusive father crazy." "Esperanza and Sally are both young girls who desire love and the escape of Mango Street, but when it comes to what they plan to do to get out of Mango Street, they go their separate ways." A college professor of freshman lit would call these sentences superfluous at best and "padding" at worst. Your target audience for a literature paper is not Joe off the street; it is someone who has read the book and even studied it fairly extensively. No one who hasn't read the book cares to read your essay on it, so it's a waste of your time and page-space to recount details that everyone who has read the book would know.
"Described by the narrator on page eighty one, Sally has eyes like Egypt, nylons the color of smoke, and shiny black hair." Why is this here? Cut it. There are very, very few cases in which it's necessary to describe a character's appearance in a college essay.
There is one vital question that you should always answer in your opening paragraph: Who cares?(/Why does this matter?) You haven't answered that question here.
Your biggest flaw by far is that all you've done throughout this entire essay is summarize. A college-level literature essay ought to be at least *two-thirds* (well-supported) inferences and analysis. (It should actually be far more than that, but at your level two-thirds would be acceptable.) You have very few inferences to begin with, and the ones you do have are not well supported. What you need to do is this: Quote a passage (*Quote* it. You do not have one single quote in your entire essay, and that is very bad in a college-level essay. Put it in quotation marks and give a page citation. However, in an essay this size, you must keep your quotes *very* short.) and then make at least two inferences that relate to your topic from that quote. If you can't make two relevant inferences from a quote, that quote doesn't belong in your essay.
Finally, you have no conclusion. I know there's a tendency in upper-level English classes to stop using them, but you really do need them. It should be *by far* the shortest part of your essay, but you should probably take one-sentence to repeat the general idea of your essay.
Those are the major things that you need to worry about if you want this to be college-level. There are, of course, finer points to college-level writing, but you have three years to worry about those. Like I said, you *are* a very good writer for a tenth grader, you just need to learn the difference between the style of writing expected of a high-schooler and the style of writer expected of a college student. |
|