I *can* see what your wife is saying. It's not about the clothes, the clothes are so superficial so to say you are emulating us by dressing, is in a way offensive.
To narrow down what it is to be a woman, to what we wear is insulting.
I *do* find a lot of fashion/beauty mags insulting, wouldnt it be great if there was a mag that said "You are great just the way you are dont buy this new makeup, or learn about the newest plastic surgery technique, or the newest fast 250 cal diet" ect ect.
BUT that wouldnt make $$.
I look at clothing cataloges, because I need some winter clothes but then ALL of the women in them are probably 30-50lbs thinner and 3 to 6 inches taller. I think why bother? There's no way I can look like that.
I feel bad for the younger girls who *think* this is normal so they starve themselves to try to fit into an image that is all an illusion.
I guess in some ways I am just like all the young girls, minus the starving myself.
I dont buy all those fashion/"women's" magazines though.
My day is consumed w/nearly dying in a car accident on Thursday, dealing w/chronic depression/mental illness, trying to take care of my 4yo old and just being. If only my life were so simple as to just worry about what "cute" outfit I "get" to wear tomorrow.
