tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33767310.post3210132160273504338..comments2023-06-17T06:57:06.594-04:00Comments on this blessed life: In which insomnia, thirstiness, and a disturbing realisation keep the author awakedarlene mcleodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10388221011175331452noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33767310.post-85129255606995972572007-03-23T15:31:00.000-04:002007-03-23T15:31:00.000-04:00I think that we need some balance. Somehow somewh...I think that we need some balance. Somehow somewhere we all decided that equal=same. But treating everyone the same doesn't work--because there are differences.<BR/><BR/>I need to think about this more.Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07087566353866110591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33767310.post-36672909890280505062007-03-22T11:51:00.000-04:002007-03-22T11:51:00.000-04:00I think the femenist movement is doing women a gre...I think the femenist movement is doing women a great disservice by demanding equal treatement as men. Bezzie may have expressed this better. We should not be demanding equality with men, but acknowledgment of our unique role as women and better treatement for women. When we equate ourselves as men we deny the things that are inherently different and wonderful and beautiful about being a woman. Like it or not we do have different innate abilities and ways of thinking about the world. Men and women together compliment one another. Instead of insisting the world change and treat women more like men we should be demanding better treatment as women. Bezzie said it better.Mammahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02229721741744499958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33767310.post-91743727210203488452007-03-22T07:06:00.000-04:002007-03-22T07:06:00.000-04:00You know it's funny. I've recently come to discov...You know it's funny. I've recently come to discover two trains of feminist thought. One that's North American: Women must be treated equally in the workplace, etc. etc. (everything I was reared to believe) but then the second one that I believe is more European (and of course I forget where I read this) but while Americans were burning their bras demanding equal pay, Europeans women were fighting for better treatment as working mothers. <BR/>Now before I had Chunky, I never felt discriminated against. However, now that I do, I feel I have to be careful with potential employers--not letting it slip that I have a kid. I don't want them to use that against me (even though legally they can't..but...). I think we set ourselves back by not really taking into account that women have a more complex role than men when you add childbearing (and yes, childrearing--even though men can equally do this after a certain point in a child's life) when we were fighting for womens' rights in the heyday of that movement. <BR/>The only time I've ever felt penis envy is when I've had to deal with parental crap that falls on my shoulders because I'm the female. It's self-perpetuating, yes, but it's a hard rut to break out of.<BR/><BR/>Wow. Do I get a prize for windiest comment ever? ;-)Bezziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11359396377873745454noreply@blogger.com