The Subject of Stereotypes: Risk or Opportunity?
September 9, 2006 by Sasha Manuel
Filed under Relationships
This matter has been a perennial source of debate from its conception. It touches each individual’s innate prejudices that either blurs or magnifies his or her view of people in random. Who can actually say that he or she can actually size up a person and know it to be a fact and not speculation or generalisation?
Stereotypes are borne out of prejudices and not from well-founded thought. Some are generated from inferred evidence and others, uh — from real encounters? Heehee. The latter is not a cause for us to generalise, though. That would be a tad bit unfair for …read more
On Giving Up Your Weekend
August 31, 2006 by Sasha Manuel
Filed under Relationships
“If she hasn’t given you her weekend, then don’t even say you guys are dating.”
I lifted this thought from a friend’s post, which was quickly followed by a number of people commenting that they agree with it.
Hmmm.
I guess, it’s time for my *opinionated* self to dissect the said thought. Hehehe.
The essence of the statement is as real as the sky is blue. Well, from where you’re standing, looking up, you’d see that it is blue but if you try to bottle up the sky, it’s not really blue, right?
Alright. Alright. I know you may be thinking — what does …read more
Can you afford to be romantic?
July 18, 2006 by Sasha Manuel
Filed under Relationships
Are there really women out there who can’t afford to be romantic?
I’ve heard women classified as desperate by people when they’ve reached the threshold of eligibility, ergo, making them spinsters if not, candidates, at least.
Tell me, is there a definitive deadline for someone to choose a mate before labeling her a spinster?
Once a woman sees this possibility, it scares her. It then creates a domino effect of bad choices, one jerk after the other. Making her believe in the lie that she has to grab what’s there for the taking. It’s sad, really.
What makes a woman lose her right to …read more




