| My sincere apology goes out to all the | | | | "girls night out" again it will be too |
| intelligent women in this world for my | | | | soon for me! And from the United Kingdom |
| article title as well as for what I'm | | | | comes this hot press release entitled |
| about to say, but my problem is that | | | | Women Pamper Themselves: "Sales of |
| I've been completely unable to find you. | | | | bubble bath, face masks, massage oils |
| Where are you??? After many years of | | | | and other female pampering products have |
| trying every idea in my extremely | | | | more than trebled, suggesting that women |
| creative repertoire, I've failed to find | | | | in the UK are more concerned with making |
| even one truly intelligent woman. Now I | | | | themselves feel loved and pampered than |
| can't stand hip hop music (gansta | | | | relying on the men in their lives. This |
| garbage) but my experience with women | | | | steep rise in sales of indulgent beauty |
| over the last 10 years has gradually | | | | treats highlights the trend that women |
| forced me to agree with the writers that | | | | are ditching their men for their |
| bitch is a fairly appropriate term for | | | | girlfriends!" Now what are all the |
| modern day women. The word pampering | | | | sincere and desperate men supposed to do |
| comes from the women themselves. It's | | | | about a thing like that?There's a big |
| what they say they want. It's their | | | | difference between intelligence and |
| concept of being treated well and the | | | | wisdom. I don't expect to find more than |
| proof is in the countless number of | | | | a handful of people in this world who |
| businesses that have flourished by | | | | possess true wisdom so I was nauseated |
| catering to their slavish desires. There | | | | to discover an organization called the |
| must be at least 2 or 3 nail salons on | | | | Women of Wisdom Foundation who have a |
| every busy block of every town and city | | | | Sacred Pampering Day for Women, and I |
| in the United States. 50 years ago, | | | | quote: "Women enter a healing temple and |
| there wasn't a woman alive who would | | | | can sample a diverse selection of |
| even consider having her toenails cut by | | | | products and services from a variety of |
| another woman in full view of the public | | | | experts in the art of pampering women." |
| where she can be seen through the store | | | | I can imagine Mother Mary up there |
| front window.Here's a quote from the | | | | somewhere being stunned by this |
| Oprah Magazine: "Could you use a little | | | | spectacle of desecration in a thing |
| pampering this holiday season? Behold a | | | | somebody has the nerve to call a |
| harvest of luxurious beauty treats." | | | | temple!Here's another press release from |
| Yecccch! And then "When was your last | | | | Naperville, Illinois, entitled Spa Girl |
| long soak in the tub? And just how old | | | | Parties, Inc. - Pampering Women Across |
| is that loofah in your shower?" I don't | | | | the Country 100 Times Over: "Welcome to |
| even want to think about that because I | | | | the fabulously fun and pampered world of |
| buy a new loofah every week, don't I? | | | | Spa Girl Parties where we cater to your |
| For the past four years in St. Louis, | | | | need for pampering and your appetite to |
| the Women's Support and Community | | | | shop till you drop." Need I say more? Is |
| Services Program has hosted a monthly | | | | anybody gagging with a spoon yet? Next, |
| Day of Pampering that has been extremely | | | | a hot wire flashes from the Columbia |
| successful because women are able to get | | | | University News Service: "Wilderness |
| massages, pedicures, and facials from | | | | adventures now come with up-scale |
| other women who donate their time and | | | | pampering. Your wilderness experience |
| skills to help them feel pampered. It's | | | | includes soft beds, fancy food and |
| a cabal. If I never hear the words | | | | relaxation. |