Mansi

For all of Oprah's silly and wonderful shows, this one truly had me! 11 of the most macho men who were wholly into sports were asked to be women for three days.
They started with the transformation - waxed bodies, hair, nails, outfit and all. Next they went on to going in public and living in their houses as the 'woman' to even spending a day doing their respective wives or girlfriend's chores.
Watching this show, part of me is going 'silly', 'silly', 'silly' - - down to the point where one man who went through this experience was so transformed that he decided to propose to his girlfriend right there on Oprah!
When asked what did this do to you guys? Some guys said :
'It's the little things that I gained insights on - - like I love my convertible and I hate it when my girlfriend wants me to keep the top down...and there I was - my hair was flying about'
' I always felt like I was lopsided - my chest...'
' The worst thing about it was the waxing - it was brutal - - it felt like I was on that table for days!!'
' As a man, if some guy came up to me and said i like your outfit - i would go whoa!! but It felt good and it's one thing I am taking from this show - I got a compliment from my wife even'
'I always thought it all just got done - I didn't realize the amount of hours my wife would spend taking care of us, after a day at work'

My favorite response however was from this large man who looked like a Harley Davidson man with short hair. He was decidedly the largest amongst the group. He said that he was very emotionally hurt because no matter where the group went, he was always the one to be ignored. He called it a state of 'focused lack of attention'.

I heard that and thought 'I'm quitting my weight program NOW' - if only to just empathize with the truth of what this man said. While men can go around in all sizes (as per what the men said on the show - just in case someone thinks I am being sexist again!), large women are conditionally eliminated from our social consciousness.
'Here I am with a good personality and yet noone wants to even get to know me'
Those were the reactions of this large man.
'Everyone has a inner beauty. Yet, we are socially conditioned with images of what we think a 'good looking' woman is about and that limits us to experiencing the beauty in other larger women'.

Focused lack of attention : Is that what we know as blindness?