Woman 2K5

Does this woman look familiar? Powerful, in control, in charge of her own financial future. Yep, I’ve seen her too and she is becoming more and more common. So why don’t women take everything they learned in the business world to their own personal life?

Women constantly have to live the life of a double standard. Be sexy but not slutty. Be strong but not a bitch. Be comfortable with your body but don’t obsess over it. Be a mom but don’t give up your job. Be a wife but never JUST a wife. Phew. No wonder you ladies have mood swings. Guys just have to worry about getting dressed everyday.

I won’t get too deep into the social rhetoric of men and women but rather I want to talk about women not taking charge in relationships and especially in the beginning. Tell me what is damn wrong with actually going up to a guy and starting the conversation? You don’t mind acting like men and hooking up randomly without any emotional strings attached (yeah, right) but you think it is too forward to make the “first move?” What are we in the stone age? You want everything us men get but at the same time you want to be the defenseless fawn standing in the corner waiting to be snatched up by a strong confident male. Who cares? Grow those testicles you’ve been yearning for for so long and go strike up a conversation, ask to buy him a drink, whatever you want. What follows is a fictional converstation based on all the conversations I’ve had with women about this in order to make a point:

Woman: “Yeah, well saw his really hot guy and we were making looks at eachother all night but then we had to go and the guy didn’t have the balls to come and talk to me before I left. What a pansy.”
Jordan: “And you of course could never go over to HIM, right?”
Woman: “As if. If he doesn’t recognize how hot this is (points to herself) then he’s not worth my time.”
Jordan: “Hmm…that’s good thinking. I never realized how easy it would be to make sure you only got cocky, horny guys hitting on you.”
Woman: “Whatever…that’s just the way it is. Guys pick up on girls. I don’t want a guy who doesn’t want me enough to come over.”

So sad. Do you know how refreshing/sexy it is when a girl is just secure enough with herself to start a conversation? It’s amazing. It’s like getting an actual piece of mail instead of a text message. Amazing. Of course I am way too shy to ever continue the conversation but if I was a smooth macadamia nut type of guy I’m sure after a few minutes of small talk I could offer her a drink and go from there.

Let me just say something very important: guys think girls who go out to clubs and bars are mostly sluts anyways so why not just go with it and take charge for once? Why not pick out that hot guy and go get ‘em? Why waste the entire night trying to get close to him so he finally says something. JUST DO IT. Who cares, life is short.

Confidence IS NOT being slutty or desperate. It’s hot. But what if he doesn’t like me!! Well he didn’t like you before so you didn’t change anything by coming up to him. But it was better going home THINKING that maybe he really did like me and that will boost my self esteem long enough till I get home and tackle an entire box of krispy kreme cause I am alone, again, because I didn’t want go over and say a simple, “hello.”

Get over this, women. Please. I know it feels good to be sought after, trust me, I understand but it also feels good to get something done and great way to start is by just saying hi and asking his name.

And don’t get me started about him having to make the first move…