Thinking

[similiesslip]

Now, to preface this, let me say that I am "in a traditional family structure."  So I am not saying it is wrong to be so.

I was reading this article though:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/soraya-chemaly/message-to-girls-about-re_b_1518849.html#s327357&title=Rev_Dr_Sharon

Which made me think more about WHY so many conservative people seem to be against

Comments

[michikatinski]

Best thing I've read all week. Thank you. <3 <3 <3

[ellakite]

My parents had a happy marriage, and it was a partnership in every sense of the term. Oh, there were some tasks that were regularly delegated to one party or the other because it was agreed between them that one partner was far better suited for the task than the other. But the traditional gender stereotypes DID NOT APPLY: Mom handled all the family finances because Dad admitted he had no head for figures. By comparison, Dad cooked all the family meals because he enjoyed cooking and was far better at it than Mom was

[basric]

This all stems back to when women As late at the mid 1900s were considered property just like oxen. Father's made arrangements for his daughter's marriage sending her with her hope chest that she worked to fill her whole childhood and teenage years

[millysdaughter]

I do think small children need two married parents in the home. Male, female, martian...it is too exahusting for ONE person to be on call 24/7, and until age three or so, a child does need to be monitored 24/7.
And these parents need to be legally married, as that is an actual committment. The gender of the parental units does not matter -- but the LEVEL OF COMMITTMENT does.
I realize that not everybody will agree with me.
That is ok.
That's my story, and I'm sticking to it.

[soprano1790]

I'm sorry for the novel

[similiesslip]

I think the article was primarily address militant Muslims (not all Muslims) rather than those who consider themselves Christians or Baptists, etc

[similiesslip]

Women hold 90, or 16.8%, of the 535 seats in the 112th US Congress - 17, or 17.0%, of the 100 seats in the Senate and 73, or 16.8%, of the 435 seats in the House of Representatives.

So we are "under represented." Naturally, this does affect which kind of laws are presented and passed.

So many people look down on "welfare moms." Get a job! they say. But who can you leave the baby with? Daycare, even cheap (not very good care) daycare is expensive. Minimum wage is very low.

And it's not just single moms. How about moms with a husband unable to work?

I do not think everyone considers womens issues...which honestly, are women and children issues for the most part. What happens to a mom has an effect on children.

Ideally, every woman who wants to would marry good men who never leave and are faithful and good dads and treat the wife as an equal partner. That doesn't always happen. I think everyone should consider what happens to the people who have the lives that are not ideal and are trying to still make a life for their kids.

[soprano1790]

I agree with you about the childcare thing. That isn't how I would want to be in a couple either. I think both parents need to do the work, and I don't think that the woman should have problems at work for having to take of kids. Things have gone a long way in 50 years though, so we just need to keep working at it.

What happens to those women in other countries is unbelievable. It does make me grateful for how we are treated here. In this country, if we don't like the way we are being treated, we can stand up and say it. At least we have that.