Congratulations to Cassie Rhea Little for having the courage to write a column that was inevitably going to trigger some typically overly-emotional critiques. Also, thank you Cassie for not taking yourself too seriously. A woman holding or smoking a cigarette in social settings does indeed project confidence. The message is, "I'm secure in who I am. Deal with it!" Very sexy. Cigarettes are also often used by women as an attention-getting prop, much like a heal that's 1-inch taller than what the rest of the crowd is wearing, an ahead-of-the-curve hair-do that commands attention without being trendy, or an outfit that accentuates the curves.
My wife likes to joke about her pack-a-year smoking habit; she engages in the ritual in social settings where smoking is permitted. For her, it's a form of "letting her hair down," relaxing and setting herself apart from the hum-drum frumps who spend all of their time passing judgment rather than loosening up and enjoying themselves, for a change.
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Congratulations to Cassie Rhea Little for having the courage to write a column that was inevitably going to trigger some typically overly-emotional critiques. Also, thank you Cassie for not taking yourself too seriously. A woman holding or smoking a cigarette in social settings does indeed project confidence. The message is, "I'm secure in who I am. Deal with it!" Very sexy. Cigarettes are also often used by women as an attention-getting prop, much like a heal that's 1-inch taller than what the rest of the crowd is wearing, an ahead-of-the-curve hair-do that commands attention without being trendy, or an outfit that accentuates the curves.
My wife likes to joke about her pack-a-year smoking habit; she engages in the ritual in social settings where smoking is permitted. For her, it's a form of "letting her hair down," relaxing and setting herself apart from the hum-drum frumps who spend all of their time passing judgment rather than loosening up and enjoying themselves, for a change.
Good column, Cassie. Keep telling it like it is.
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