The Females are called 'Yobettes'
September 29th 2008 11:06
You may have heard of them being called 'ladettes'. They're the young women who insist on drinking purely to get drunk, they're rowdy, offensive and crude, well, superficially anyway. The Australian term for these young ladies is, apparently, 'yobettes' and they're getting plastered in a pub year you.
Last night's feature on 60 Minutes about this division on Generation Y spoke to two of these specimens and asked them, why? Why the drinking and the fighting and the sexual aggression?
Usurpingly, the drinking was an escape. These boozers aren't happy. Now while they may not know how to fix their situation/s, they sure know how to block it out for a bit- bring out the piss. And there's a bit of a challenge in it too. There's a little bit of "look at me, I'm still standing". A touch of "I can out do you" to it all. There's an admiration to be gained from pushing (what’s left of) their liver to new extremes. But don't write these girls off just yet because I've done some investigating of my own and found that their logic for this is the same as the logic of self-mutilators.
The cutters that I've spoken to in my time all say they do it for control; something's making them unhappy and they feel they have no power over it but they do have the power to make themselves bleed. Yes, they're hurting themselves, but they're causing the pain- they're making something happen. They have the power to cause an effect. They are powerful, and it's meant to make up for not being able to control the cause of their unhappiness.
The drinkers I've spoken to say the same thing; they get attention for still being able to talk (slur), a little bit of respect or this being able to walk (stumble), and there's amazement on the faces in the crowd when they down yet another. See those reactions? The yobettes made that happen- they had control over the situation.
Another factor that inevitably came up, seeing as this is a story about girls, is boys.
These girls have been mistreated by the man in their lives so they say “I'm going to get them before they get me”. If they want to, they'll stick their tongue down your throat. They might grope you, and if they have sex with you, it's them riding you. It's them using you, and it's meant to be an 'up yours' to all the men who've used them.
Hurt, sad women, drinking for control and pushing all their own barriers to gain a little bit of (perceived) control wherever they think they can get it. It's not that they really want to punch anyone in the face or even mean the obscenities they shout, they just need to feel like the have a little bit of power and control.
Last night's feature on 60 Minutes about this division on Generation Y spoke to two of these specimens and asked them, why? Why the drinking and the fighting and the sexual aggression?
Usurpingly, the drinking was an escape. These boozers aren't happy. Now while they may not know how to fix their situation/s, they sure know how to block it out for a bit- bring out the piss. And there's a bit of a challenge in it too. There's a little bit of "look at me, I'm still standing". A touch of "I can out do you" to it all. There's an admiration to be gained from pushing (what’s left of) their liver to new extremes. But don't write these girls off just yet because I've done some investigating of my own and found that their logic for this is the same as the logic of self-mutilators.
The cutters that I've spoken to in my time all say they do it for control; something's making them unhappy and they feel they have no power over it but they do have the power to make themselves bleed. Yes, they're hurting themselves, but they're causing the pain- they're making something happen. They have the power to cause an effect. They are powerful, and it's meant to make up for not being able to control the cause of their unhappiness.
The drinkers I've spoken to say the same thing; they get attention for still being able to talk (slur), a little bit of respect or this being able to walk (stumble), and there's amazement on the faces in the crowd when they down yet another. See those reactions? The yobettes made that happen- they had control over the situation.
Another factor that inevitably came up, seeing as this is a story about girls, is boys.
These girls have been mistreated by the man in their lives so they say “I'm going to get them before they get me”. If they want to, they'll stick their tongue down your throat. They might grope you, and if they have sex with you, it's them riding you. It's them using you, and it's meant to be an 'up yours' to all the men who've used them.
Hurt, sad women, drinking for control and pushing all their own barriers to gain a little bit of (perceived) control wherever they think they can get it. It's not that they really want to punch anyone in the face or even mean the obscenities they shout, they just need to feel like the have a little bit of power and control.
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Comment by katyzzz
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They make me shudder and unfortunately I think your sympathies are misdirected, but then again I'm proud to say I am the Orble wowser, I'm happy that way, I don't write off life I experience it in all of its richness which includes happiness but also anger and pain. Escapism is no excuse.
I do hope you are not so sensitive as to see my comments as criticism of you, they are not and the issues do need airing, so well done.
Comment by Wynona Lavota
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I too at first thought wtf? Girl control yourself and don't blame the alcohol. Certainly it's your own choice to drink and your own choice as to how you deal with your pain, but as with serial killers, paedophiles etc, while they may at first repulse, afterwards we (well at least I) ask 'why'? I want to know what causes such people so that I can work on finding a way to stop it... or at least decrease it.
Also, I guess it's harder for me to look down on these girls if I see them as mistreated, hurt individuals rather than yobettes.
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