THE TYPICAL POLISH WOMAN?

jump_bunny 5 | 237

7 Jun 2009 / #61

Not necessarily. Most of them might be good cooks as have been taught by mothers and grandmothers but it's not a rule at all.

Seanus 15 | 19,674

7 Jun 2009 / #62

I didn't say it was a rule. Many value home cooking and do it well, that's all I was trying to say.

fred_chopin

7 Jun 2009 / #63

Amen. I guess if 51% of them make good soup, that might be considered typical.

Seanus 15 | 19,674

7 Jun 2009 / #64

It's hard to contribute to many threads as too many generalisations come out. I'm just happy that my fiancee can make sushi, pierogi and all sorts of cakes.

fred_chopin

7 Jun 2009 / #65

pierogi and all sorts of cakes.

Pierogi - tasty but too work intensive. We usually get them store bought.
Cakes - my wife lets me do 75% of the baking as I have the sweet tooth. But I have taken on a few Polish desserts.

jump_bunny 5 | 237

7 Jun 2009 / #66

If you were supposed to pick one of the Polishforums members as the typical Polish woman, who would you think of? I noticed there are quite a few Polish females so it's just a thought.

Seanus 15 | 19,674

7 Jun 2009 / #67

Spoken like a true Pole, ignoring the foreign aspects and focussing on their own things ;) ;)

Sushi is more intricate than pierogi. We have a pierogi former and it's not that hard if you're not too heavy handed. She doesn't often make them as they are so readily available.

Hard to say, maybe panienka

jump_bunny 5 | 237

7 Jun 2009 / #68

JustysiaS
krysia
panienka
polishgirltx
Wyspianska

That's all I can think of now. All of them have features typical for Polish women, why do you think panienka is the winner, Seanus? It's a pure experiment, don't worry girls, I don't intend to offend you.

Wroclaw Boy

7 Jun 2009 / #69

If you were supposed to pick one of the Polishforums members as the typical Polish woman, who would you think of?

JustysiaS
Wyspianska

Seanus 15 | 19,674

7 Jun 2009 / #70

I'm not talking about competition here. For one, it's unfair as they don't know they are being judged.

Secondly, I could equally have said any of the others. I said panienka because she sprung to mind.

They are all nice and show the feisty, yet feminine ways of Polish women.

jump_bunny 5 | 237

7 Jun 2009 / #71

JustysiaS
Wyspianska

Why? (I also thought of these two).

Seanus 15 | 19,674

7 Jun 2009 / #72

They both have some punch to them and will state their mind when needed.

fred_chopin

7 Jun 2009 / #73

JustysiaS
krysia
panienka
polishgirltx
Wyspianska

Then there is:
Eurola
Switezianka
Maybe not as vocal as those you mentioned, but they march to their own drum beat and will let you know when you have crossed the line in their own way.

Seanus 15 | 19,674

7 Jun 2009 / #74

They both stand their ground too. Eurola is something of a social commentator, pretty good at it.

Switezianka is more the reasoned academic

jump_bunny 5 | 237

7 Jun 2009 / #75

Maybe it's because of the age too, I'm not sure about Switezianka and Eurola but JustysiaS and Wyspianska are young as they have pictures of them in their profiles. These two like to be loud and a little rude sometimes but in an attractive way. I was suspecting them to be one person for a while.

Switek - | 59

7 Jun 2009 / #76

Typical Polish woman?

Must be catholic, but with easy attitude toward religion.

The rest is a matter of individual experiences and expectations... Living in Poland I can say that there's something like typical Polish female... It concerns also a physical appearance, character, kind of personality, sexual behavior, and individual attitude toward universal values...

I guess that typical Polish woman is too abstract phenomena that everyone can understand differently...

Seanus 15 | 19,674

7 Jun 2009 / #77

Must be Catholic, why is that? My fiancee isn't Catholic and she is typically Polish.

fred_chopin

7 Jun 2009 / #78

why is that

51% rule, Seanus...

Seanus 15 | 19,674

7 Jun 2009 / #79

That's nonsense, the number of practising Catholics was around 55% at the time of JPII. It has gone down a fair bit since then apparently. This whole idea of the Catholic faith being at the forefront has had its heyday.

Asking my students and looking around, it's not as prevalent as people think.

Are you Catholic, fred?

fred_chopin

7 Jun 2009 / #80

the number of practising Catholics was around 55% at the time of JPII

According to the CIA

Roman Catholic 89.8% (about 75% practicing), Eastern Orthodox 1.3%, Protestant 0.3%, other 0.3%, unspecified 8.3% (2002)

So if the Americans cannot get their facts straight about a simple thing like Catholocism in a "friendly" country, why should we believe them on anything else?

Are you Catholic, fred?

Let me just say, I am likely going to a very hot place, without many virgins :-)

Seanus 15 | 19,674

7 Jun 2009 / #81

The CIA, LOL. That made me laugh, fred. You've made my day with that one. The foremost authorities in Poland, they know more than all Polish people on the ground, right?

Direct the second question to yourself. A friendly country who doesn't get the visa requirement waivered, lol.

fred_chopin

7 Jun 2009 / #82

A friendly country who doesn't get the visa requirement waivered, lol

It comes down to the 8.3% unspecified that were wearing turbans and burkhas when the poll was taken. Not very trustworthy folks, those 8.3%.

Switek - | 59

7 Jun 2009 / #83

Must be Catholic, why is that? My fiancee isn't Catholic and she is typically Polish.

So you're lucky :). Most Poles have been baptized in Catholic Church. Only narrow margin are Orthodox, Lutherans and other faiths and non believers.

The fact, that some number baptized Catholics leave the Church, because of many reasons...

So there is no common denominator to describe typical Polish woman, not at all.... :)

Seanus 15 | 19,674

7 Jun 2009 / #84

youtube.com/watch?v=IGGrw71oVIw this is revealing. Some good English spoken here.

I agree. Traits are a better way to look at things. For example, can you easily spot a Catholic walking down the street? Of course not. However, you can notice behaviour and interaction.

BevK 11 | 248

8 Jun 2009 / #85

Most Poles have been baptized in Catholic Church.

Same here. I got baptised as a baby but that's as far as it ever went.

aphrodisiac 11 | 2,437

9 Jun 2009 / #86

Maybe if we all complained the way Polish do more would get done and society would improve?

just like it has in Poland? ;).

fred_chopin

9 Jun 2009 / #87

So there is no common denominator to describe typical Polish woman, not at all.... :)

I am a Polish Chick. Hath
not a Polish Chick eyes? hath not a Polish Chick hands, organs,
dimensions, senses, affections, passions? fed with
the same food, hurt with the same weapons, subject
to the same diseases, healed by the same means,
warmed and cooled by the same winter and summer, as
a Norwegian Chick is? If you prick us, do we not bleed?
if you tickle us, do we not laugh? if you poison
us, do we not die? and if you wrong us, shall we not
revenge? If we are like you in the rest, we will
resemble you in that. If a Polish Chick wrong a Norwegian Chick,
what is her humility? Revenge. If a Norwegian Chick
wrong a Polish Chick, what should her sufferance be by
Norwegian example? Why, revenge. The villany you
teach me, I will execute, and it shall go hard but I
will better the instruction.

This was a conversation I overheard at the mall, and it really opened my eyes to the fact Polish Chicks are just like Chicks from all over the world.

plk123 8 | 4,142

17 Jun 2009 / #88

JustysiaS
Wyspianska

why are they typical? i don't think either cooks.

George8600 10 | 632

17 Jun 2009 / #89

1. No NOT like all slavic women.
2. Ummmm different much?
3. Not all of them. (But most)
4. Not all of them. (Maybe a good amount)
5. What plans? Regarding the future in a relationship or their lives? Organizing things? Yes, but then again many women all over the world do this...

1. I don't think so, but in truth I would better like it that way. ;-)
2. lol! Maybe not so true, but then again, like the first, I have no problem. ;-)
3. Never knew that, but wow.
4. I don't think so....
5. Huh?
6. I don't think they are that close-minded, but again preferred. lol

aphrodisiac 11 | 2,437

17 Jun 2009 / #90

esp when they think ppl dont understand them...

what do you mean by that. I have some stories too;)