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Feminism: Sex and gender discussions

non working mothers

233 replies

lorcana · 05/02/2012 00:01

are non working mothers betraying their sex ?

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MitchieInge · 05/02/2012 00:46

Add message | Report | Message poster lorcana Sun 05-Feb-12 00:23:56
why is this such a contentious issue ? why can't we ask such questions- without getting abused and provoking such anger ?

I don't know, why? Is it everyone's time of the month perhaps? It's like the time I asked why do some brown people smell all horrible like stale curry and talk funny but others have nice fuzzy hair and natural rhythm and everyone said I was like some sort of racialist or something. They're so touchy round here. Never mind op, have another Biscuit

ElasticNipples · 05/02/2012 00:48

everything mary said
hello

scottishmummy · 05/02/2012 00:49

paid and celebrated LOL bang that tambourine sista
Yes in a recession let's pay an economically inactive adult,for doing own thang,with own kids. Whilst others do tin in on minimum wage,to pay housewife at home

You couldn't make it up

LineRunner · 05/02/2012 00:52

This is like Social Economics 101.

FFS.

ElasticNipples · 05/02/2012 00:54

Grin i should have guessed the thread was heading in this direction.

benifits blah blah blah im sick of this subject.

scottishmummy · 05/02/2012 00:57

Really?thought you said us women stick together?
Lol,if ever proof needed of women not sticking together...just peruse mn

LineRunner · 05/02/2012 01:00

Yes, ok, oooh, one poster posited that women might stick together; another posits that they shouldn't or don't.

It's hardly earth-shattering.

scottishmummy · 05/02/2012 01:06

women dont need to stick together as gasp we are capeable of independent thought and even dissent. I dont need to high five and cheer anyone solely in basis of gender

Is it ok for males to stick together? Solely on basis of gender?

ElasticNipples · 05/02/2012 01:06

oh i know, i just realised this is in a topic where i have never lurked and i will never darken its door again!

goodnight ladies

LineRunner · 05/02/2012 01:08

Milton Friedman strikes again.

ElasticNipples · 05/02/2012 01:13

well i feel bonded to women since becoming a mother & i feel i have a greater understanding of other circumstances which mums face.
im not saying everyone has to think like me.

you sound quite hostile scottishmum

scottishmummy · 05/02/2012 01:15

You're bonded are you.to mums?
How flaky is that

Quattrocento · 05/02/2012 01:17

Bonded by guilt, though

Are you sure the bonds work both ways?

ElasticNipples · 05/02/2012 01:18

flaky? or just long sighted?

situations change all the time, not all sahm are there by choice you know.

MaryMotherOfCheeses · 05/02/2012 01:19

yy EN one of the unexpected pleasures about being a mother was having my eyes opened on how other women dealt with motherhood, and in so many diverse ways.

ElasticNipples · 05/02/2012 01:19

the whole experience

ElasticNipples · 05/02/2012 01:21

i am glad somone else is here for support! thanks cheesy!

LineRunner · 05/02/2012 01:23

I think we all know of the idea of guilt being chucked at us by the media, policy makers and government. Looking at EN's other posts, I think she is saying this and agreeing that it should be resisted.

scottishmummy · 05/02/2012 01:23

that homogenization and we is all muthas that is really risible you think you give birth and suddenly you get other women?

That whole mother=deeper understanding,goddess shit actually is another societal layer of oppression. Once a woman you're deeper,more connected. Blah blah

LineRunner · 05/02/2012 01:27

I think to extrapolate a learning curve into 'godess shit' is unusual.

ElasticNipples · 05/02/2012 01:29

thanks for that line runner- whitty little soul arn't you!

no i dont 'get' other women i have a better undertanding and dont think that everything i say is right. my choices are mine. each to their own.

scottishmummy · 05/02/2012 01:31

Feeling bonded to other women,because a mum?
Yep that's truly la la la thinking
All classes,ages, societal divisions....bonded by virtue of being a mum
That is well into mums are goddess territory

LineRunner · 05/02/2012 01:36

If we three agreed that 'goddess shit' exists, though (which I believe it does; have you read that crap by Miranda Green for a start), wouldn't that make us bonded?

In just a small way.

scottishmummy · 05/02/2012 01:42

If you believe being mum bonds you,to others who happen to be mums too
It's a bit sad and lame

Im not defined by being mum,nor do i have to feel an affinity for all other mums

MitchieInge · 05/02/2012 01:42

stop bickering and transition yourselves into my sacred tent of minge juices

and be nice