My generation often tended to portray women as lovable air heads. People who didn't really think about what they were doing, Lucille Ball in I love Lucy, a funny but accident prone woman, was one example, but there were lots of others.
I remember throwing chess games, and other games too, in order to "prove" my femininity in junior high and even later. Doing things carelessly and suffering odd mishaps was considered cute and funny.
Only these things are neither cute, nor funny.
Carelessness causes people to get hurt and while pratfalls may look hilarious on television, they result in broken bones, sprained muscles and other real damages. It is neither funny, nor smart to make the same mistakes over and over, especially when a little forethought, planning and just plain good sense could eliminate them.
Adult women need to act like adults.
Pay attention to where you are, how you are walking, what the conditions around you are. Repair things that are unsafe. Stop using poor, flimsy equipment when working on something.
Your world betrayed you when they made you think it was cute, or even acceptable to do stupid, careless things over and over and over again. You need to stop and think, then take control of your life. The older you get the more likely you are to get hurt when you do things without thinking, or try to be cute in an outmoded way.
You are betraying yourself in the worst way possible and you are worth so much more than that.
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