The misconception that Marilyn Monroe was just a "dumb blonde" prevails to this day. However, if one delves into actual accounts of her conversations with various friends and reporters the truth one finds may be quite surprising. Her known "bad behavior" during filming of movies actually came down to a battle of wills between herself and patronizing directors. Being late to shootings was her way of exercising some "control over a situation in which she felt disempowered." The men around her called her a "monster" and fantasized about beating her and her arrogance into submission. She just wanted respect from these men who were difficult, egotistical, condescending, and hard to get along with, let alone please.
When Marilyn made any attempts to further her knowledge or to show the public that she wasn't just a sexual body with no intellectual aspirations she was labeled as being pretentious. No wonder she could not come to terms with her own identity. People were calling for her to abide by her sex kitten image, yet hated her for it; they wanted more substance from her, and when she gave it to them, they rejected her. She was a beautiful, lonely, misunderstood woman that wanted to be loved.
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Whenever I see an amazingly pulchritudinous woman, I like think that she's dumb. It just makes me feel better. Isn't that terrible?
pulchritudinous ("p&l-kr&-'tüd-n&s) adj. characterized by or having great physical beauty or appeal
To the person who posted "Marilyn Monroe":
If you haven't taken the course already, I think you would find Women Studies 320 (I think - the course is called "Women and Madness") with Susan Hippensteele really interesting.
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