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Hohenheim:
How does one take a personal subjective opinion and try to make it an objective one?

Just because you find white people more attractive doesn't mean it's true for everyone.

Grow tf up

Fmghewzy:
Yes slowpoke.


White peoples skin appears so , because of the low levels of sunlight especially in Nordic countries. The intensity is nothing compared to other Arabic or African countries


Their skin do not see the need to produce melatonin.

It's for the same reason that if a black fellow goes over there, they might appear lighter (even without bleaching)

Fmghewzy:
If you had even a little bit of brains you would understand that the climatic condition of various regions affect the facial features of people.


But it's a pity you don't, I don't like to argue with morons , so fuvk off

siofra:
You're the one being dishonest. You didn't mention men like Gbadebo Rhodes Vivour, Kunle Remi, Alex Iwobi, even Alex Ekubo. It's the ugly ones you mentioned. Thief.

There are ugly famous white people too like Joe Biden, Donald Trump, George Bush etc.

ukaface:
Who be this one again?
Another ugly African??
I will pass, arguing with ugly peeps can devalue my beauty

ukaface:
That’s not the fact bros
Your mindset can never change
I don’t have strength to argue with you

Fmghewzy:
You obviously haven't seen or meet with a lot of white people hence this jaggons you are typing.

siofra:
It's poverty, darling. Haven't you noticed rich black people are more attractive than poor black people?

Streetmovement:
Wotoporiously speaking

White people are more attractive until they turn 40

When you say white people, are you talking about Caucasians or mixed white? Cuz if you're talking about the real white people who are known as Caucasians then I would say it's a 50/50 percentage on physical attractiveness when measured with blacks.

I believe the set of white people who are more attractive than blacks in percentage are those ones who are of mixed race and that's a proven theory cuz they got long lasting beauty and physical attractiveness as blacks.

How many blacks do you see aging too fast compared to whites....(Caucasians)

Please do well to identify the class of white people you're talking about...

Zonefree:
One Indian man don dey write this one for Facebook

Sniper04:
None of these is presentable

Prettygirl200:
Just go with the first one.

Cutehector:
you posted you were 18 four years ago on this thread.

https://www.nairaland.com/4638592/couple-questions-misswrite

Coming to deceive nairalanders with someone else's pic. .


Smh

Gisborne6:
You fine ohhh, you look great in both outfits

FERNANDEZISBACK:
I'd go for the first.. second look like ya going for a date or something..

MissWrite:
You do write well; please, don't doubt that. I'm glad your mates have told you this as well; we can't all be wrong, can we? Just keep writing, sweetie; that's the way to become a writer. I'm looking forward to seeing your posts in the literature section soon.......

MissWrite:
Awwww………you’re such a sweetheart! You made me smile reading this post; so, thank you for that. First, if you just wrote this, I would emphatically say that there’s absolutely no way you’re a bad writer. And you’re only 16? The truth is that most writers spend way too much time underappreciating themselves. It’s an inevitable affliction that comes with the territory. If I were a little more cynical right now, I would assume some kind soul has sent you to pump me up; because I’ve also been second guessing myself a lot lately.

Permission to feel like a super-star, please. Lol...... , I don’t think I would be able to help it anyhow; this post is doomed to come off conceited. But I blame you for that because you’re the one who just put me on a pedestal by assuming I have “wisdom” to share

So, to the point now: if you want to expand your vocabulary, there’s no way around reading as many books as you can. Luckily for you, you already do that. There is no right or wrong book to read; just read whatever genre of fiction (or non-fiction) you find interesting. You’re likely going to discover that you’ll write about the same subjects that you like to read about. And that’s a good thing. Read real books (not How-to’s) because they’ll show you how a book is supposed to “feel”. That “feeling” will help you realize when the big-words in your growing vocabulary begin to work against you.

Growing up, I read indiscriminately. There’s a very long list, but like I said, it really doesn’t matter what it is; just read what you love. Extensive reading will help you develop every aspect of your writing (monkey see, monkey do; it’s an imitation game) including creating memorable characters, scenery, dialogue, and all of that. Just remember to pay attention. When a particular scene evokes an emotion, that’s a magic trick you might want to investigate immediately. Go back and see what words did it for you, and how they were strung together.

Vivid images are best created when you can indulge yourself in day-dreaming and visualization. See it clearly. Whatever abstract world you’ve created, imagine it was real for you and that you live there. Don’t over-describe the situation; just let the scene affect your characters naturally, and the reader will eventually become aware of the realities you’re working with. That’s the only way you can be convincing.

I know I said you shouldn’t waste your time on How-to-do-what books, but ignore me. There are some really good sites that can help you improve as long as you’re willing to take the exercises seriously. I subscribe to John Matthew Fox, he has some really helpful material.

https://thejohnfox.com/2016/05/creative-writing-exercises/

What books influenced my writing? All of them did. But, over time, I became less interested in romance and espionage (or even my once favourite legal dramas) and I became obsessed with books about philosophy. I want to write something as important as Atlas Shrugged or The Fountainhead. But, when you’re so consumed by the message you want to pass, you lose sight of the most important part of a story: characters. We all have our struggles, I guess.

Thank you, sweetie, for your compliments; you’re a kind soul, and you're very welcome to share titbits of that article as you please. I wish you all the best…….

But now, when women have access to the tools to survive independently - education and life skills, when they have begun to have ambitions for themselves beyond the home, marriage ceases to be a necessity for financial security, and instead becomes a matter of personal choice. But still, society does not trust that enough women would chose to be married for the pure joys of companionship and procreation, so it stigmatizes single women and, thus, propagates marriage as a stamp of social approval.

A man can be whatever he wants, but a woman must fit in within the boundaries of a man’s expectations. Because she is the one who needs him to ratify her standing in social context. That’s the crux of the imbalance of social power. He can therefore dictate the margins of her existence and she must decide if she would rather be suppressed or ostracized. Case in point: the clamor for feminist ideals; some women would rather not be associated with feminism at all for the simple fact that it makes them less attractive to men and endangers them to singlehood.

Fitting in with men’s expectations has caused some women, over time, to bend in unnatural ways. Women are held to higher moral standards than men, not because they are naturally more virtuous, or biologically more capable, but because men are in the position to impose those standards that women have to conform to (if they wanted to be taken off the shelf). Female virginity, for instance, is still a requirement amongst many African men, while male virginity isn’t even a thing anymore. In an effort to present themselves as required, pure and sacred on a platter of divine offering, girls conceal and suppress ugly histories of sexual abuse, or even just a healthy appetite for sex (a God-given libido). Girls are shamed for their sexuality and even mutilated to control it, until her only reason for engaging in sex is to help achieve the male orgasm. A derivative human being. And although the cutting of the clitoris has been widely abolished in Nigeria, the fundamentals remain: that women ought to be sexually coy and repressed. If it isn’t being achieved with a razor blade, it’s being done by slut-shaming girls who explore their sexuality.

And girls, who are abused every so often, do not speak up for fear that the whole community would become privy to their ‘defilement’. And that would diminish their worth to a man, which is ultimately the worth of a woman in general in the African context. A woman in a position of esteem is viewed suspiciously like a floating object – a magic trick. It deserves a closer look because, surely, that object must be balancing on structural support (Which essentially is a man). And that’s why no one is impressed enough, by that floating object, to give it the respect it deserves.

>I don’t believe that, as a feminist, I ought to belong to a world club, subscribing to a definitive code of practice; that feminism must be copied ‘correctly’ or even copied at all, from anywhere. I believe that the prevailing conditions of a place are enough to inspire a reaction if it is warranted; and that the prevailing conditions would uniquely shape that reaction to suit the specificity of the stimulus. It’s the wearer of the shoe that knows exactly where it pinches and would adjust his toes accordingly. Unifying feminism, under one large umbrella of a particular creed, would only breed confusion and it would not solve any of the problems which necessitated its inception in the first place; because every region deals with very unique issues of misogyny which feminism seeks to address. And these issues of misogyny are dynamic and so feminist reactions must be equally dynamic.

I consider feminism to be contextual and organic in nature. It grows out of the ground on which we stand, and doesn't necessarily require a precursor to exist in any given place, (even if a precursor can be a catalyst). It is reactionary just like any other movement that resists oppression. And the oppression which it resists is the deliberate disenfranchisement of women (by constitution, common law or culture) on account of their gender alone. Feminism seeks to give acknowledgement to the full human value of women, by permitting the uninhibited expression of their content (intellect & desires) within unbiased limits of the law, and to validate a woman’s right to an independent social standing. The premise of feminism is that all human beings are equally human and should be allowed equal human rights. This does not mean that all human beings are equal. In fact, our inequalities as human beings go far beyond gender. There's race, height, weight, complexion, IQ, the list is practically endless. But we don't (and shouldn’t)apportion rights to people by considering any of these differences; even when certain physical attributes can have significant ramifications on a person’s performance and ability to contribute as a citizen of the world. In the end, what matters is that we are all human beings, and equal in our humanness.