The French are glad to die for love.. They delight in fighting duels.. But I prefer a man who lives..And gives expensive jewels.. Diamonds are a girl's best friendMen grow cold as girls grow old.. And we all lose our charms in the end.. But square-cut or pear-shaped.. These rocks don't lose their shape.. Diamonds are a girl's best friend
Lyrics are great but unfortunately, women today do not relate themselves to this famous Sparkling Diamonds Song from Moulin Rouge.
According to a Girls Gone Wired survey, Diamonds are no longer a girl's best friend, they prefer gadgets.
More women opt for tech items than luxury items like jewelry or vacations. A majority of women preferred a new plasma television to a diamond solitaire necklace or even a weekend vacation in Florida.
The survey also found the technology gender gap has virtually closed with the majority of women snapping up new technology and using it easily. This conflicts the previous report that found women underestimate their tech skills.
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Source: Tech Replaces Diamonds As Girl's Best Friend
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The Girls Gone Wired survey, which was commissioned by the Oxygen Network, was fascinating. It did indeed reflect a change in what women would choose these days, and for the most part I would agree with all they found. Women have liberated themselves for the most part, and can have the same desires for tech items as men.
However, I showed that survey to a female friend, an IT professional who could fall into that "beautiful geek" classification, a term she uses herself. She smiled, agreed with the survey, but then quoted the following lines from a college musical in which she performed:
There may come a time
When a lass needs a lawyer,
But diamonds are a girl's best friend.
There may come a time
When a hard-boiled employer
Thinks you're awful nice,
But get that ice or else no dice.
As she put it, times change. Plasma televisions will get old and break just like any tube-type set. Vacations become photos or videos stuck in a drawer. She pulled up a list on her computer from AdAge.com, a listing of the "Top 10 Slogans of the Century" and showed it to me:
#1. Diamonds are forever (DeBeers)
She's still a "techie" but does have a way of making one think twice.
By the way, though Nicole Kidman did a fine job in the 2001 film Moulin Rouge, the original song "Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend" goes back to around 1953, and was first performed in both the Broadway musical and motion picture "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes", before Ms. Kidman was born. The lyrics were by Leo Robin, and the music by Jule Styne. What made the song so memorable for many was that it was sung by Marilyn Monroe, playing in an excellent not-so-dumb blonde role.
Written on 2/8/06 9:36 PM
JT - You just enlightened me. Do say my hello to your beautiful geek friend. She shared a lovely song.
Written on 2/8/06 9:47 PM
Well, girls certainly prefer iPods. Though we'll also settle for a pair of nice fitted jeans.
Just, y'know, in case anyone's offering.
Written on 2/8/06 11:28 PM