It's Barbie's World: Superficial Expectations of the Opposite Sex

"Some boys kiss me, some boys hug me
I think they're okay
If they don't give me proper credit
I just walk away

They can beg and they can plead
But they can't see the light, that's right, that's right
'Cause the boy with the cold hard cash
Is always Mister Right

'Cause we are living in a material world
And I am a material girl
You know that we are living in a material world
And I am a material girl"

These were just more than bad lyrics from the 1980s it is also a way of life  for some women today. Women are expecting their men to make them feel secure-- financially secure that is and more and more younger women are entering  romantic relationships with older men aka the sugar daddy ( or in the young males case using older women--Sugar mommas-- for financial security).

Famous sugar daddy Hugh Hefner, 85, pictured with his fiancee Crystal Harris, 25.

Sugar daddies are spending large amounts of ends to keep their sugar babies happy from college tuition, elaborate trips, and pricey shopping sprees; there's nothing that these men won't do, except provide a realistic and meaningful relationship. This superficial expectation of having a wealthy man has left the average men feeling insecure and jaded by the opposite sex.

One student at Emory said, " The reason I am hard on women because they act like if a man doesn't have money is automatically a scrub or trifling [ referencing the T.L.C song "Scrubs"]."

So ladies, would it be so bad if we relaxed our standards just a bit?

Some of you are probably nodding yes while others are rolling their eyes.

Nevertheless, men are not just the victims in this situation. Men also have superficial standards for women in which they expect for them to be living barbie dolls. Take for instance, self proclaimed Barbie doll Nicki Minaj. She has a large bosom and a legendary buttocks all of which are rumored to be plastic. Yet, men don't seem to care whether or not her body is "man made". On the male rating list for women, she ranked number 10 for being insanely hot.  Here's the list according to one blogger:

"10 - Insanely hot. Model material. Great face plus assets. However, I could never get with this type of woman because they would be simply to much to handle. Top 0.5%.

9 - Also amazingly hot. I could date her but probably not marry because it would likely be based solely on looks. Top 2.5%.

7-8 - Wifey material. Still very attractive and hot. But I could see myself with someone like this. Actually could pay attention to things other than her looks. 8 = top 10%. 7 = top 20%

5-6 - Cute or pretty. 1 on the binary. 6 = top 35%. 5 = top 50%.

1-4 - Either fat, ugly, butter face, no physical features, or a combination of them all. Lower 50%. 0 on the binary for me."

For women to be ideal they would have to be naturally blessed or have to spend a large amount of money just to compare to someone like Nicki Minaj; and even then there is always the chance of looking like Jocelyn Wildenstein.  Ughh I shuddered when I saw this picture.

Again, lets be realistic people  hardly anyone has that kind of time or that kind of money especially in this economy does to be a sugar daddy or a barbie doll?

Sadly, so many men and women are preventing themselves from entering good relationships because they are too focused on getting a Hugh Hefner to take care of their financial needs or a life size Barbie.

U.S. History According to Facebook Users

In my core class, my professor quizzed us on several questions pertaining to U.S. History. Needless to say most of us looked at him with puzzled expressions while the  few of us with laptops scrambled to Google the answer. Thank god for Google. Later on that week, someone suggested that if history was converted to Facebook statuses we would remember them. Great idea since my generation is so technology driven.  Below I have posted the materialization of this idea from Emilyd.  Thanks Emily.

I can say that I did learn more from random Facebook posts than I ever did in a classroom. Hmm who knows what else Facebook could teach us academically. 

Puff Puff Pass The Smartphone: The Addiction of Technology Among Young People

Imagine you're out to dinner with friends, and everything's fine, until you get that all too familiar feeling.  You begin to break out in a cold sweat, panicking while you search your pockets and purse for your cellular phone. You quickly tap the Facebook or Twitter app and release a sigh of relief once you see your Facebook or Twitter screen appear.  After about 20 minutes of social networking, you can finally get back to your friends.... at least until your next craving begins. 

The addiction to internet or medically known as internet addiction order has taken over the lives of 66% of the public. Individuals are sneakily checking their cell phones under the tables, faking bathroom visits just to Facebook in the stall, or plugging up their Crack berries (or Meth droids) in the back of classrooms so not even a low battery will disrupt them from getting that one hit. 

Some people may argue that it is all apart of modern day life. However, this isn’t just an ordinary desire to stay connected; it has developed into a full blown need.

Our addiction to the internet is so severe that people have described going 24 hours without the Internet to quitting an alcohol or cigarettes, according to a report from British company Intersperience. 

According to the LA Times,  “More than half of Americans would rather give up chocolate, alcohol and caffeine for a week before parting temporarily with their phones.”

A recent survey by technology firm TeleNav says:

• ·         One-third would give up sex, 22% would give up their toothbrushes (versus 40% of iPhone users, who evidently love their phone more than clean teeth)
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• ·         21% would rather go shoeless before separating from a mobile phone.
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• ·         Sixty-six percent sleep with their smartphones by their side.
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• ·         About 40% of those surveyed reported feeling lonely without the Internet, and 53% felt upset at being deprived. One person described unplugging to "having my hand chopped off."

In some cases, internet addicts have to be sentenced to rehab.The British newspaper The Telegraph reports that in central London there is a rehab clinic called Capio Nightingale Hospital specifically for individuals who are addicted to the web, computer games, and mobile phones. 

 

The rehab is dedicated to helping "young people [ some of which are as young as 12] to go ‘cold turkey’ from their technology compulsion."

 

This is serious people!!! KIDS ARE IN REHAB!!!

What do the suppliers (Motorolla, Apple, or Google) or the drug dealers (Spring, AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile) think of all of this? On one hand, their customers are willing to neglect their personal lives and risk going to rehab than to be without their smartphones. On the other, these companies hire a large portion of the general public. So what do we do? Get rid of jobs or cure the addicts?