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     Carey AALBC .com Platinum Poster Username: Carey Post Number: 2212 Registered: 05-2004 Rating: N/A |
That's Peek-A-Boo, she's a super hero.  For real, her name is Lashawn Baez. After she transforms, she becomes Peek-a-Boo, a super hero with the power to vanish away. She's a Medical School graduate student. Well, she's the brainchild of Geoff Johns and Scott Kolins of DC comics. The name Peek-a-Boo seems to fit an array of women that stand behind great men. Some of those woman find themselves in the unenviable position of supporting their husbands while standing in the quiet abyss of obscurity. Yet others are mentioned in the same breath as their championed husband. Many of them are forced to drop their titles and their own dreams, and acquire the name of "His Wife". What type of super human woman can withstand the torrential storms of standing behind her great man. Aside from the pressures of their jobs, the wake of some great men is filled with Harlots, Jezebels, Judases, Parasites, and a private life that washes away like footprints in the sand after a high tide. Yet, the good woman, the great woman, the strong woman holds on. Why then, is the phase "behind every good man, there's a good woman" reserved for men? I mean, I seldom, if ever, hear that phrase used in reference to the man standing behind his great woman. In fact, the word "great" seldom precedes the name of women. There's Henry The Great and The Great Houdini. There's even The Great White Hope. Can you believe that ....a great white HOPE, and not a great woman. Is the phrase not reciprocal because this is a man's world? Heck, James Brown even wrote a song about, titled, "This is a man's world". He was the hardest working man in show business and the greatest R & B singer of all time. Does the phrase "behind their man" mean in back of their man or lesser than her man? For many woman, the role of supporting her husband is a honorable position. Unfortunately, it appears men do not aspire to the status of the man behind the woman. The reversal of roles, if only in name, is a hard pill for most men to swallow - why? Most will agree that there is a good woman behind most great men. Why is that? Is that because "to the victor goes the spoils? Women do outnumber men 7 to 1 in many cities. Maybe men can cheery-pick, you know, finding the "GOOD" woman, and leaving the rest behind. I 've frequently heard woman say there's a small pool of good men. Can it be that all the good woman have been taken by all the great men, and therefore few are left to become great women? That doesn't make sense, or does it? President Barack Obama has a good woman behind him, and everyone knows her name. Nelson Mandela had a good woman supporting him, and everyone knows her name. Who doesn't know Coretta Scott King, and her famous husband. If I say Betty Shabazz, you'd probably say Malcolm X. I could continue this game of "Peeking-at-his-Boo" until the night grew thin, but I am looking for a few great women. The list of great men, and what some might consider their also-ran is endless. I am looking for the His & Her couple with the woman on top. Why do the names of great woman lack the reverberating names of the good man behind them? I have to admit, Oprah and Steadman is the only couple I could think of, and I doubt they even apply. Oprah is a powerful force, a good woman, but Steadman - how does he fit into the formula? My point: Are there great women, or is that position or title reserved for men? More so, where's the good "boo" behind the great woman, if there is such a thing. Maybe it's true that all the good men transformed all the great woman into "His Wife", his Peek-a-Boo, and thus, there's no good woman left behind to one day, lead the way to greatness. Dang it, I am stumped, I can't figure this out. | ||
| Chrishayden "Cyniquian" Level Poster Username: Chrishayden Post Number: 8176 Registered: 03-2004 Rating: |
You can't figure it out because it's not true. It's just what great men like to say to compensate their women for using and ignoring them. Betty Shabazz? Stuck at home all alone with them kids and left as a penniless widow. He wasn't thinking about her. Coretta? Same thing and Martin was cheating on her too. Nelson Mandela. He got rid of Winnie as soon as he got out of jail and the white folks said she was unaceptable. Obama? The jury is still out. Good women? Good men? You make of it what you want and most people lie about it. A type people, driven people, they care about themselves and nobody else. A good one is one that is just there and not in the way. |
