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8:02 am
February 24, 2010
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Bella Thank you. And thanks for the sympathy.
I could just scream when I hear some women of today. Women like Avril, take their rights for granted. I'm glad they can. The least they can do is learn about the women who grew up in a time when women did not have the choices they have today. A time when we had to fight for the right to climb that corporate ladder if we so chose to go that route. It's all about choices. Choices that were not available to women in the 50's and even in the 60's. Women can choose any profession they want to enter into today. That is because of the women who came before them. The first woman at West Point and Annapolis. The first women pilots of the Air Force. The first woman firefighter. Hell, even the first woman mail carrier. They should never be forgotten.
I loved Marilyn Monroe. She was such a lovely person with a horrible background. Yet she made it to the top. I was 12 or 13 when she passed and I remember crying when I heard the news. Another brave woman was Jackie Kennedy. Loved her. She had such grace and eloquence. When we were crushed by her husband's death, she taught us how to mourn with dignity. While I'm on the Kennedy's, two more of them come to mind. Rose the matriarch, who taught her children love and equality, and Ethel, Robert's wife, who was left with 11 children after his death. Or was it 12? She raised some very fine children. So it doesn't matter what we choose to do with our lives, it's having the choice.
There are so many women we should honor. The Mother, the teacher, the Doctor, the musician. The list is now endless. They come from all walks of life and we should be proud they were able to make the choices they made.
6:09 pm
August 12, 2010
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I have to agree that some woman seem to be so ignorant towards the past-they should be grateful to those woman before us who paved the path leading women on the road-the road we are on today. This is another reason I love Angelina Jolie's tattoo-it says 'Know Your Rights' I think thats is an amazing tattoo for a woman to have.
11:28 am
February 24, 2010
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I did not know Angelina had a tattoo that said that. That's fabulous.
9:06 pm
August 12, 2010
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Yes! I thought it was brilliant! You can look it up on google-it's pretty cool
7:58 pm
November 18, 2010
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Sharon said:
I could just scream when I hear some women of today. Women like Avril, take their rights for granted. I'm glad they can. The least they can do is learn about the women who grew up in a time when women did not have the choices they have today. A time when we had to fight for the right to climb that corporate ladder if we so chose to go that route. It's all about choices. Choices that were not available to women in the 50's and even in the 60's. Women can choose any profession they want to enter into today. That is because of the women who came before them. The first woman at West Point and Annapolis. The first women pilots of the Air Force. The first woman firefighter. Hell, even the first woman mail carrier. They should never be forgotten.
I get sooo annoyed when I read ” I'm not a Feminist because I choose to stay home with my children”. My mother's generation were forced to stay home once they were married. They had no choice. It was either single and a limited career or married and family.
Yes, there were exceptions but the norm, in post-war UK was those 2 extremes.
It's always bunnies.
12:47 pm
February 24, 2010
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The word Feminist gets such a bad rap. That bad rap came from men who thought women should not be found in the workplace. They use to spit the word out like it was poison. Anything to make those nasty women who wanted equal pay for equal work llook like they were horrible women. And I must say, it also came from women who did not think it proper for women to be working. To this day there are men and women who ask, “What? Are you a feminist?” My reply, “Of course I am.” I would never want someone telling my neices they had to stay home and not work. That's how it use to be. Too many women still run from the title, Feminist. I don't know why that is still happening unless it is because they really don't know what the word truly means. Some women want to stay home and raise their children, and they do. That is wonderful. They are so lucky they can do it. If they change their minds as their children get older, these women can go out and they can become CEO's if they so desire. That's what the feminist movement did for women. Choices!
2:50 pm
August 12, 2009
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Minor nitpick, though I agree with you, Sharon. Women may stay home, but believe you me, they work! They just don't get paid for it!
"Don't knock at death's door.
Ring the bell and run. He hates that."
9:32 am
November 18, 2010
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I work far harder as a SAHM of 3 than I ever did as a working woman, mainly because DH helped then. But DH works a lot harder and a lot longer hours now then he did when we were just starting out.
It's always bunnies.
11:02 am
February 24, 2010
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Anyanka said:
I work far harder as a SAHM of 3 than I ever did as a working woman, mainly because DH helped then. But DH works a lot harder and a lot longer hours now then he did when we were just starting out.
Impish_Impulse said:
Minor nitpick, though I agree with you, Sharon. Women may stay home, but believe you me, they work! They just don't get paid for it!
You don't have to defend SAHM's to me. I did it. I know how hard it is. You couldn't pay them enough for all the work they do. More power to you with three children. I had only one and that was plenty of work and it was unending work. Believe me, I understand how SAHM's feel. It's a 24/7 job. I don't know how it is now, but when I was home, my job, raising my child, was not appreciated by others who worked. I was very fulfilled and I am very proud I did it that way. All choices should be respected. The choice to stay home and raise your children, IMO, is the sweetest choice of all.
