Comments on: What Women Want https://thehalfwaypoint.net/2011/03/what-women-want/ choosing positivity Fri, 20 May 2011 23:58:10 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Belinda https://thehalfwaypoint.net/2011/03/what-women-want/comment-page-1/#comment-9897 Belinda Wed, 09 Mar 2011 19:46:40 +0000 https://thehalfwaypoint.net/?p=4526#comment-9897 Ben, thank you for joining the conversation and for seeing the big picture. It's difficult to fuly grasp these statistics. We hear them and yet many of us become desensitized or numb because the reality is too much to deal with. I hope all the women adn girls in your life bask in the confidence and freedom they deserve to have. Ben, thank you for joining the conversation and for seeing the big picture. It’s difficult to fuly grasp these statistics. We hear them and yet many of us become desensitized or numb because the reality is too much to deal with. I hope all the women adn girls in your life bask in the confidence and freedom they deserve to have.

]]> By: Justine https://thehalfwaypoint.net/2011/03/what-women-want/comment-page-1/#comment-9894 Justine Wed, 09 Mar 2011 17:29:01 +0000 https://thehalfwaypoint.net/?p=4526#comment-9894 Thank you for continually opening my eyes, ears and heart to so many unspeakable truths that are happening all around us. Bravo to you and your effort in raising awareness. I hope more will listen, see and feel. And more importantly, that they will act. Thank you for continually opening my eyes, ears and heart to so many unspeakable truths that are happening all around us. Bravo to you and your effort in raising awareness. I hope more will listen, see and feel. And more importantly, that they will act.

]]> By: Ben https://thehalfwaypoint.net/2011/03/what-women-want/comment-page-1/#comment-9890 Ben Wed, 09 Mar 2011 14:48:30 +0000 https://thehalfwaypoint.net/?p=4526#comment-9890 Those are some pretty staggering statistics. I had no idea that those sorts of things were going on all around us. Confidence and freedom would be an amazing thing for the women of the world. Even in our own society, as you mentioned, it's so difficult to stand confident against the barrage of societal pressures constantly being applied to women. Great post for Women's Day. Those are some pretty staggering statistics. I had no idea that those sorts of things were going on all around us. Confidence and freedom would be an amazing thing for the women of the world. Even in our own society, as you mentioned, it’s so difficult to stand confident against the barrage of societal pressures constantly being applied to women. Great post for Women’s Day.

]]> By: Tess The Bold Life https://thehalfwaypoint.net/2011/03/what-women-want/comment-page-1/#comment-9875 Tess The Bold Life Wed, 09 Mar 2011 00:23:45 +0000 https://thehalfwaypoint.net/?p=4526#comment-9875 Belinda, Thank you for bringing this into the light. I'm shocked that 65% of women and girls have eating disorders. I had no idea it was that high. I want what you want and know it's possible and not to much to ask for. Belinda,
Thank you for bringing this into the light. I’m shocked that 65% of women and girls have eating disorders. I had no idea it was that high. I want what you want and know it’s possible and not to much to ask for.

]]> By: Mama Zen https://thehalfwaypoint.net/2011/03/what-women-want/comment-page-1/#comment-9868 Mama Zen Tue, 08 Mar 2011 17:50:10 +0000 https://thehalfwaypoint.net/?p=4526#comment-9868 That 20/20 interview is horrifying. I want my little girl to grow up to be a woman that knows that she is much, much more than what she looks like. I want that for all of our little girls. That 20/20 interview is horrifying. I want my little girl to grow up to be a woman that knows that she is much, much more than what she looks like. I want that for all of our little girls.

]]> By: Cathy https://thehalfwaypoint.net/2011/03/what-women-want/comment-page-1/#comment-9861 Cathy Tue, 08 Mar 2011 05:52:03 +0000 https://thehalfwaypoint.net/?p=4526#comment-9861 I want the world's population to stop increasing. I know this doesn't have anything to do with obsession with appearances. But the forecast for 50 years from now is not good when they discuss food supply. I want the world’s population to stop increasing. I know this doesn’t have anything to do with obsession with appearances. But the forecast for 50 years from now is not good when they discuss food supply.

]]> By: Talon https://thehalfwaypoint.net/2011/03/what-women-want/comment-page-1/#comment-9853 Talon Tue, 08 Mar 2011 00:16:27 +0000 https://thehalfwaypoint.net/?p=4526#comment-9853 I always wish there was a way to make the interior as intriguing as the exterior. Who we are is so much more than what we look like...that always troubles me when I read things like the 20/20 survey. This preoccupation with appearance is soul-killing and truly tragic. I always wish there was a way to make the interior as intriguing as the exterior. Who we are is so much more than what we look like…that always troubles me when I read things like the 20/20 survey. This preoccupation with appearance is soul-killing and truly tragic.

]]> By: BigLittleWolf https://thehalfwaypoint.net/2011/03/what-women-want/comment-page-1/#comment-9850 BigLittleWolf Mon, 07 Mar 2011 22:16:37 +0000 https://thehalfwaypoint.net/?p=4526#comment-9850 The statistics on eating disorders - after all these decades - still so alarming and appalling. Rights? So many basic human rights violated - for men and women both. But a right to feel at home in our bodies, as they are? Wouldn't that be something? The statistics on eating disorders – after all these decades – still so alarming and appalling.

Rights? So many basic human rights violated – for men and women both. But a right to feel at home in our bodies, as they are? Wouldn’t that be something?

]]> By: Patty - Why Not Start Now? https://thehalfwaypoint.net/2011/03/what-women-want/comment-page-1/#comment-9846 Patty - Why Not Start Now? Mon, 07 Mar 2011 19:19:23 +0000 https://thehalfwaypoint.net/?p=4526#comment-9846 Brilliant, Belinda. What I want most is the first thing you mention: Talk. Dialogue. Communication. Until we stop resisting the urge to deny and start talking about this stuff, both at the macro and micro levels, then I doubt things will change. Engagement and collaboration are beautiful things; polarization, not so much. Brilliant, Belinda. What I want most is the first thing you mention: Talk. Dialogue. Communication. Until we stop resisting the urge to deny and start talking about this stuff, both at the macro and micro levels, then I doubt things will change. Engagement and collaboration are beautiful things; polarization, not so much.

]]> By: Tracy https://thehalfwaypoint.net/2011/03/what-women-want/comment-page-1/#comment-9845 Tracy Mon, 07 Mar 2011 17:44:47 +0000 https://thehalfwaypoint.net/?p=4526#comment-9845 Choice and Confidence. My wish for all women is to have same rights and opportunities as their male counterparts across the globe: rights to vote, own property, have access to education, hold political office, etc. But also, the confidence to make the right choices for their own lives...whether that choice is to work, to be a stay-at-home mom, to farm a field, or whatever. I posted about that very point today. Choice and Confidence. My wish for all women is to have same rights and opportunities as their male counterparts across the globe: rights to vote, own property, have access to education, hold political office, etc. But also, the confidence to make the right choices for their own lives…whether that choice is to work, to be a stay-at-home mom, to farm a field, or whatever. I posted about that very point today.

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