'Do gooders?' No thanks

In this weeks news a woman has asked doctors to give her disabled daughter a hysterectomy to stop her having periods. The 15-year-old has cerebral palsy and her mother feels that menstruation will be undignified and unnecessary.
On the other hand human rights campaigners are against her decision saying it is not a necessary operation and Katie Thorpe should make the decision for herself.
Lets be honest this isn't the first time 'do gooders' have got involved in what seems to most people a straight forward issue. A mother who cares for her disabled child 24/7 knows her daughter better than those idiots at Scope, who feel the need to get involved - easy when they won't be the ones changing sanitary towels! Katie has no hope of ever having a child so why must she be subjected to the annoying and often painful monthly cycle?
This is by no means a one off. Just last year the parents of a disabled American girl, known as Ashley X, who has a mental age of just three months, decided their daughter should have operations to stop her developing into an adult. This attracted the usual circus of media and 'charity' organisations who know best. The American parents won their battle. One can only hope that people realise the difficulty in caring for a disabled child and let Alison and Katie Thorpe get on with their lives with as much dignity as possible.

Beauty issues

I started researching for a project i'm doing on image and the media and I came across Dove's 'campaign for real beauty'. The short films they have created are what I can only call disturbing but definitely worth taking a look at.

The more I look into this topic the more concerned I become at society. I know we women all have issues with some part of our body or other (I have plenty) but I never realised how far some will go to change it. Weight especially.
'The Eating Disorders Association has estimated that at least one million people in the UK are affected with an eating disorder, both male and female, the overwhelming majority of them aged 14 to 25 years old'. How scary are those facts!!!

Maybe it's about time people stopped being so superficial about others so that we can all learn to be happy just being ourselves.

Women and technology

I'm not sure if it's just me, in fact I know it's not, but women and technology just don't go. Take for instance this blog. Hours spent figuring out how to set it up and it's still pretty basic (I'm working on it)!
It's not just blogging, any equipment that requires an 'on' 'off' switch makes us tremble - not every woman I hear you scream. But honestly they call them boys toys for a reason. Like YORKIE bars - it's not for girls.

One thing I must admit though...

When it comes to on-line shopping it is a totally different story.....