What's the opposite of "crunchy"?

[aeiou]

I want to write a post about spectrums of birth, parenting, nutrition, and a bunch of other things, but I'm having difficulty figuring out what the other end would be called when one end is called "crunchy". For example, if you're talking about birth choices, the crunchy end of the spectrum could be something like unassisted lotus birth, where the

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[neonpuddles]

sterile?

[aeiou]

I was thinking it could be a spectrum between sterile/pristine and earthy (maybe even sterile/man-made vs. natural/earthy?).

[i_dread]

moist

[aeiou]

For some reason, that's just making me think of cake...

[dragonxbait]

Well on most boards people who identify as crunchy seem to refer to the "other" as mainstream. But I fairly sure elective cesarean is not the mainstream. I hate the whole idea of spectrums of parenting, honestly. I feel like it just fuels the whole mommy wars us vs. them bullshit, that makes women enemies when we should be respecting each others choices and focusing on the things we have in common. Like the fact that we are still don't receive equal pay, that our children are not guaranteed quality health care, that excellent childcare is out of reach for many women etc etc etc. (gets down off her soapbox :-P)

[aeiou]

Yeah, that's why I'm kind of trying to think of a word that doesn't have a negative connotation. I want to look at these kinds of things not as a judgement, but at what is available on the continuum choices. I was kind of thinking that "mainstream" would be more towards the middle, but not necessarily in the exact middle depending on what choice you're looking at. I'm interested more in looking at where I am and what choices I've made rather than look at others or make value judgements about those choices. What made me think of this more than the birth example (though that seemed to illustrate what I was thinking more clearly) was that I'm thinking of getting into more natural cleaning and hygiene practices like cleaning with vinegar and such or using a more natural soap or deodorant. I definitely don't want to make it a my choices are right and everyone else is an idiot kind of thing, and I totally agree with you that if we're going to argue over anything it should be about choices and opportunities that aren't available to all

[dragonxbait]

Green? But that is pretty value-ridden as well. People have a hard time with the idea that someone else making a different choice is not an indictment of their own decisions. Particularly when it comes to parenting, because, duh, who wants to believe they have made more choices in regards to their own kids.

Somewhat OT- I have yet to find a good "green" deodorant. We tried the Tom's of Maine stuff once and it gave tom a rash, so now he is anti-everything made by that company. We have made the switch in most other areas. Our housecleaners claim to use green cleaners, but I am not sure what they use. I should stick around to see some time.

I mentioned family cloth to your husband a couple of years ago when we started that and he thought it was the most horrifying thing he had ever heard, and didn't even want me to talk about it. Which made you guys going the cloth route extra funny.

I am not good at short comments.

[dragonxbait]

more choices=poor choices