Why being aimless ambitionless lazy and or a loser should be an option

...for women. Too.

I was originally inspired for this by the latest HDTGM podcast where they talk about this movie from the 80's where the lead character who is a woman isn't really that good. She's not very ambitious she does not kick asses, she's not a hard-worker. She's like the Seth Rogen of Seth Rogan movies. Out there floating, catching bits and pieces of microscopic animals and sands, getting nutrients from them.

And why not. The expectation that the 'modern woman', the one who cares for respect for women, against unjust unfair laws and societal structures must be this hard-assed ambitious hardworking tireless high-achieving woman who is a go-getter, makes things happen and won't just wait for life but takes things that she wants is unfair. Why must these women not have an option to be lazy listless bored lacking in ambition and generally pretty chill, even possibly dare I say, losers. If so many romantic male leads of popular movies can be, why not women. Imagine Knocked Up, but the guy's the hardworking one and the woman's a stoner who just wants a good life and some random bullcrap somehow lucks out in life possibly fails up always.

Like, why not.

The expectation that women have all these awesome qualities that's not expected of the average man makes it harder to judge men and women with the same evaluation, and creates undue stress and pressure for women who think the existing social superstructures are unfair unjust and just so fucked up man but are unable to be a part of the uhh revolution so to speak because they just don't have it in them to do all the crazy shit the more outgoing and energetic sisters are up to. That should be an option for them!

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