I Am An Emotional Creature (Post #2)

Ensler suggests throughout her book that all girls are emotional. I have to disagree and say that not all girls are emotional to the degree in which she portrays them in I Am an Emotional Creature. I don't doubt that there are young girls among us who go through very similar situations and express those kinds of feelings as Ensler describes, but as a female I can honestly say I've never been as emotional as the teens in this book. I don't find it accurate for her to say that all girls are emotional.

I'm not emotional. Well, at least not like the girls in this book anyway. Of course I have feelings and what not, but I have never expressed them or felt the need to like the characters Ensler describes. I keep stuff to myself. I don't like to talk about emotions nor do I like to hear about anyone elses feelings. I suppose I am this way because of my personality and perhaps surrounding family. My parents and I don't share our emotions and feelings...and that's fine by me. We keep everything to ourselves. Some people may deem this as socially unhealthy, but it works for me.

Everyone is emotional, guys and girls. Some people are just more in tune with their feelings than others. We all get angry, sad, confused, detached, attached, etc. Women have just been stereotyped and portrayed as being very emotional and men are perceived as being strong and unemotional. I don't believe these stereotypes at all. Based on personal experience I have seen cases where guys show more emotion than girls and vice versa. Men cry. They may deny it, but we all know they do. Men don't show their emotions as much as women because of how society suggests they should act. We believe men should be tough and always together and women are free to express as much emotion as they want. I say, who cares what society thinks. We're all human. We all have emotions. We should all feel free to withold our feelings or express ourselves in anyway we choose.