Angelina Jolie

No it's not because she is damn pretty (Jen by societal standards is prettier) and no, it's not because she is a mother (men fantasized about Jolie long before motherhood) and no it's not because she adopts babies from "third world" countries, Angelina Jolie is the sexiest woman alive because she has found that balance between her feminine and masculine energies. She can be both masculine and she can be feminine in a very sexy way - and she knows it!

We find people like Jolie really fascinating because our Western culture tends to believe in "tender" femininity and "tough" masculinity and she has both which is something considered "extra-ordinary!"

In our Western culture, women are supposed to be more modest, understanding, sensitive, tender, nurturing, intuitive, emotional, passive, indecisive, impulsive, sentimental, and concerned with beauty. Men are supposed to be aggressive, tough, analytical, emotionally detached, ambitious, and focused on power and domination. Masculinity and femininity are seen as something that resides outside of our own selves and which can only be attained through hard work (dress, hair, body and stylishness). People have this notion of being successful or not successful at being masculine or feminine and spend a great deal of effort attaining it.

African cultures and all ancient cultures have a different take on what is masculine and what is feminine. African philosophies recognize that every person is born with qualities of the opposite sex within her or him, not simply in the biological sense, but also in the psychological and psychosexual sense of attitudes, feelings, dreams and desires. If a man or woman is well adjusted and harmoniously balanced, the feminine traits of the man and the masculine traits of the woman are both expressed. And in these cultures to say one is an "ideal/real man" or "ideal/real" woman would be to say one is an ideal human being with a good balance of both sexual energies.

The balance of these energies basically means men need women in their lives to see the reflection of their own feminine energies and women need men in their lives to see the reflection of their own masculine energies, but more than that we need each other as a connection to the unknown. Without this connection we are crippled in dealing with many aspects of our romantic and sexual lives.

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Angelina Jolie is a decent human being. She donates one third of her enormous salary to her causes and truly cares about humanity. So why is she being persecuted negatively by various media types and other so-called celebrities? Because she is drop dead gorgeous. It doesn't matter that she is with Brad Pitt. Those two were meant to be together, because they respect each other. People are jealous of their relationship and the media has tried to make their love a circus. If she weren't such a rare beauty, the cattiness wouldn't be so severe, but women and even some men, are green with envy. The claws come out because of this. Brad Pitt was more than ready to go his own way before they met and when he met Angelina, he met a woman with a heart and someone with a sense of pride in his endeavors and interests aside from acting, like architecture and charity work.

Now why would people even attempt to make negative comments about them, aside from the fact that they make a pathetic living doing so? Because they will never have a relationship with Brad Pitt, who is one of a kind as well, and they will never be as beautiful as Angelina. Some talk show hosts and reporters have said some very catty things about her and it makes one wonder just when respectable journalism went out the window and shoddy reporting became the norm. If anything, these vultures should be criticized for their megalomaniac persona's that go against the code of ethics journalists are suppose to adhere to. They can't attack Angelina's true character because she is decent. Who knows what skeletons are in their closets? They can't attack her talent because she has plenty of that, an Oscar to prove it. But they can go after the woman, and it is so pathetic to hear about her eyeliner, her being "too sexy" (as if there is such a thing) or how she poses on the red carpet, some calling it pompous.

Of course she holds her head up high, she has a lot to be proud of, and isn't about to hide in the house away from media twits. For the lay people out there that don't make their living following the graceful and poised Angelina and Brad like little lap dogs, don't be jealous of what they have. Try to emulate what they do. It is great to see celebrities doing so much more with their money than buying Rolexes, cars and mansions. If anything these two people should be praised, not persecuted, period.

Linda Stamberger is a writer living in Florida. Source: //ezinearticles.com/?expert=Linda_Stamberger