Ladies, Ladies, Ladies...

I am continually astounded by my fellow women... and men.

[This isn't going where you think it is - I'm taking a break from my political ranting.]

The number of interesting, brilliant, talent women who get hung up on men who are total wastes of oxygen is simply DUMBFOUNDING to me. It's horrifying - what cool women allow men to say and do to them under the heading of 'being in love'. Absolutely repulsive. Granted, I am no exception to this rule; you're reading the blog of a girl whose boyfriend cheated on her, then proceeded to tell her he wasn't in love with her, yet she continued to stay with him for another 6 months.

What we let them get away with - and what they think is acceptable behavior - is absolutely amazing. I was channel hopping last night... and I happened upon a really, really stupid reality show with C-list celebrities. It was this show on VH-1 called 'My Fair Brady', following around Christopher Knight from the Brady Bunch(who is so C-list I had to look his name up, and was surprised he's still alive) and Adrienne, "America's Next Top Model" in relationship-land. She's like, 22, and he's like, 47. He was the biggest gigantic asshole to her, and she just followed him around. The man doesn't seem to have all that much going for him - aside from being rich. Average looking, not particularly smart, acts like a 15-year old. He talked to her like she was a child - which, at 22 to his 47, she IS - and basically just continued to treat her like she was worthless. And she was just like, "but I love you so much, wah wah wah." UNBELIEVABLE. And that girl is kind of a tough chick.

While celebrities don't always 'count', I've seen the same thing over and over. I saw it with my college roommates, I've seen it happen to my best friends, I've listened to the way my male friends treat THIER girlfriends, and I've been guilty of it myself. What is it about our society that has conditioned women to let men treat us this way, and why is it socially acceptable for them to do so? Are we so desperate to be loved, or to believe that we're loved, that we are okay with continually abasing and degrading ourselves? Are women that paralyzed with fear over being alone that being in a crappy relationship that is better than being single?

This is my message: Ladies, knock it off. Stop being stupid. You're WOMEN, for God's sake! Studies show we're smarter, stronger, and tougher than them. We live longer, we go through childbirth. We multi-task better, we're better commuicators, we know how to dress ourselves, and we're more compassionate human beings. We are now the majority on most college campuses in the United States. New research shows that our brains are more densly packed with neurons. We need to stop letting these useless men treat us like crap. Maybe if we strengthen our backbones, men will learn that their abasement of women is NOT acceptable.

Until that happens... find a hobby. Men are fun, but having one doesn't necessarily fix your problems. Trust me on that one. You're much better off taking a painting class.