Quote:
Originally posted by robustpuppy
You didn't mention the example I felt sure you would bring up -- the "right hand ring."
The idea is that it's empowering for women to buy their own diamonds. No shit. It's empowering for anyone to buy their own anything, but if you only buy it because some marketing executive told you to, then you're not really bucking convention.
|
I think it's more empowering to hock the ring and use the money for an investment that'll cushion one's ass when Social Security utterly tanks, instead.
The whole point of "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend," if you listen to it, is that it's reliable cash on the hoof when the guy who buys 'em dumps you for the next generation of eye candy and you're out in the cold. How that message got transformed into "Oooh, glittery! Women need lots to wear!" is beyond me.
