dissimilarities

Today, what is different about the eras:

Clothes. Today we get to see men's necks. What was so important back then we could not see their necks. Of course, only their faces appeared in the sunlight since they also wore gloves. Men were covered. No wonder there was such desire on the part of women back then and fear when they finally were shown what was underneath. I mean, really, what must have a chaste woman thought the first time? No TV or MOvies to soften the blow. I can imagine their eyes bugging out of their head. YOU ARE GOING TO STICK THAT WHERE? Lol. Ok I am whacky this morning.

And the more covered men are the less covered women are around the neckline. Let's face it - men could admire a woman's neck and.... but women were stuck with only faces.

Work. boy has that changed. Women work, women cook, women party, women do anything they want. Men still own the world and now we are the ones holding it up. We are that atlas fellow with the world on his back. Take away women from the workplace and everything would stop - well maybe not baseball or football. But women are everywhere (even running for President - Hilliary and Vice President - Sarah).

University. Now filled with women and men and a bunch of goings on too. lol

Manners. I believe manners have gone the way of last century. Fewer people are polite. Fewer people speak in gracious tones. It seems a harshness has overtaken conversations and heaven help me so have naughty words.

Business. Not a dirty word anymore. In fact, someone that makes it big in business is admired. Money, money, money must be funny in a rich man's world. money, money, money always sunny in a rich man's world. ABBA song's stay in my head. speaking of which when I saw Mama Mia on the stage they sang that song but I don't remember it in the movie (or perhaps they shortened how much was sung). Well, not only can men work in business now so can women.

Actors. They were looked down upon but now we idolize them. Well, not me because I think most of them are not the kind of people I would want in my life but they are looked up to.

Language. They spoke in complete sentences back then and we can barely put together a simple sentence when we talk.

An accomplished woman. Egad. today that kind of woman would not be considered that accomplished, but still there are some similarities. Today's accomplished woman may be an engineer, a doctor, a lawyer, a politician, and such and yesterday's accomplish woman would have been thought well of but accomplished simply by playing and drawing?

Rich man. That has not changed. MOney rules the world. Men own the money. Women still want to hang out with rich men.

Dowry. Ok. There does not seem to be much of this anymore. But I do remember when dowries existed and there was some talk of my having one and my gosh I am only 57 years old. So it is a recent change albeit it was a 20th century one.

Leisure time. Not only do we fill our days with work, we fill our leisure time with activities. Back them must have been the most boring of times. What exactly did women do all day long? Well, the gentlemen's daughters?

Communication. Ah a change I love. We have the telephone, the telegraph, and now the internet. Life is good. I can use the internet to communicate my story without the cost of a publisher. I cannot imagine having to wait days to hear if someone arrived shortly. I cannot imagine life without the internet and that tool has only been available for us peons for approximately fifteen years. But mostly, I can share my story with hundreds of people around the world all with the click of a button.

I thank everyone that reads my story. I am pleased to live in this era.

till tomorrow

gayle