Sunday, January 27, 2008

Why women cry more than men?


Lets get the facts right....It is found that women cry approximately 4 times more than men do(Federer brings a heavy dent to this statistic )

But, why is this so? there have been multiple reasons put forward. I believe it is essentially a mixture of Nurture, nature and tactical moves(explanation coming up)...surprising, may be true!

The social system is such that men are not expected to cry,boys are teased and made fun of when they cry, they are taught to display strength and independence and leave all the emotion to women making a girl feel that tears are her ultimate evolutionary inheritance.

Also biological factors play a major role...women are well evolved to cry much better than men, tear glands are ever ready and waiting for the slightest trigger.(please do not ask me for any proof..its just a hypothesis, which most probably is true.)

The other reason rarely researched is,women sometime cry when they need to get a job done, men inevitably fall for it(as they always want woman to be happy ;) )

That reminds me of Hillary Clinton, on the eve of the NewHampshire Primary, all polls were pointing to a certain Obama victory, during her last address to the press, Hillary unleashed her most potent weapon yet..."a teary eye"!. What happened next has put the whole presidential process on a completely new trajectory...since US presidents have the best political clout....now we see that womens tears could be linked to major global ramifications....phew!

All said, the exact reason why women cry so frequently is yet to be explored and understood....my view is it could be a random mixture of the above.

Note: The Pic shows a shrewd Mexican woman.

Sunday, January 6, 2008

The Cheerleading chumba wamba


Cheerleaders!...who are these people,what cheer do they bring, who exactly do they lead ?
They are all over the network from NFL to NBA,Newsweek calls them "the most quintessential of American sports."...........Sport! really??

My view is that this is an absolute and best form of making a mockery out of a living soul, these people jiggle around mindlessly when sports men and women fight for prestige and livelihood in their professional matches.The intensity of their wiggle and jiggle increases during timeouts and breaks. People pay their hard earned bucks to watch and enjoy a competitive sport and all of a sudden out of no where you are treated to Hi-tech tribal dance, now these have even reached our ever so favourite cricket matches..remember the 20-20 world cup.

The other day I was watching the movie 'The Replacements'(as I didn't have any other options and downloading a movie is a real pain with a pathetically slow internet), at the climax when men fight for honor and glory in their sport we are intermittently bombarded by these cheerleaders who are striking some licentious, lewd postures....who the hell cares about those curves and their complicated postures when the game is going on pulsating mood, what exactly was the director telling(I am sure nothing) or may be it was just a marketing/business ploy to increase the viewer excitement...that is exactly what it didn't achieve.

To sum it up I quote the Wisconsin Press, "the cheerleader is seen as epitomizing mindless enthusiasm, shallow boosterism, and objectified sexuality"

little known fact.........President George.W.Bush was once a cheerleader....now that says a lot!
 
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