I've figured out women!

on Saturday, October 18, 2008

I've finally finished my OB-Gyn rotation, and I'm going to miss it a lot. The moms are wonderful patients, delivering babies is an indescribably happy and cozy experience, the doctors are happy, and the nurses were very friendly! During the days when I worked at the OB-Gyn offices, I had some time between patients to sit down and flip through some of the magazines women like to read. So based on the number of magazines I've flipped through - I've accumulated a general picture of how a woman looks, how they think, and what they want. So first of all - all women look like models, women are constantly worried about their feminine hygine and need pads wherever they go - especially for horseback riding! Women are constantly worried about their weight, and about how to satisfy/keep their man.
Magazines for pregnant women also get pretty interesting - the last magazine I saw had this pregnant lady (a model of course), sitting on a beach in a nice weaved gown with water reaching her feet (and prob soaking her bumbum). The magazine of course had more exercise tips, but at least it wasn't as bad as the general women magazines from above. However, I do find that pregnant women in general either worry about - "oh no, I'm gaining too much weight", or "oh no, I'm not gaining enough weight" - I haven't met a satisfied one yet. I think my jaw will drop when I hear a woman say "I'm happy with my weight gain so far". But to get back on this topic, I honestly don't get how women can flip through these magazines and feel good at all. For one thing, half of the magazine is advertising - full of semi anorexic models and a lot of photoshopping, and the remaining pages are full of topics regarding how you're too fat, how you can try harder to satisfy the person you're with, fashions that you probably can't afford (and look funny in most cases), and a reminder of how your monthly cycles make you a smelly leaky person.
All of this reminds me of what we learned in psych in first year undergrad - it takes only 2 minutes of flipping through a magazine for a girl to lose her self esteem. Which makes it confusing for me - why even read these magazines? I guess I don't understand women :P

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