Rant
This is random, sorry.
I'm so tired of women who have the whole world on their shoulders and instead of helping themselves or demanding the help of the people around them (husbands, etc) they just gripe and gripe. It isn't anyone in particular, I just saw someone on a TV show complaining that she did literally everything around the house (and she did!) and her husband did nothing. She was saying essentially that she loves her job and so she must shoulder all the responsibility.
ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING?
What century do we live in? Are husbands/partners/family members supposed to contribute nothing? Isn't it supposed to be life sharing, not one person doing everything so the other can live completely worry free? And I don't really care whose job is more stressful/demanding/lucrative. If you are part of a family, contribute more than money to the equation. Houses don't clean themselves, babies don't care for themselves, and kids don't raise themselves. If you don't want to clean or care for or raise anything, don't. But you can't have it both ways!
I think people misunderstand feminism to mean that women can be equal to men in the workplace, but that they are still responsible for all the "women's work" as well. Ugh!
If someone finds themself in a situation which is not good for them (ie, stuck doing everything, feeling overwhelmed) they should STAND UP FOR THEMSELF. It is not being a bitch or demanding to say "hey, this is too much for me. As my husband/wife/partner/whatever, I need your help to make this family work." If the husband/wife/partner/whatever finds this to be unacceptable, I find them to be unacceptable!
Ok, now I'm done =)
I'm so tired of women who have the whole world on their shoulders and instead of helping themselves or demanding the help of the people around them (husbands, etc) they just gripe and gripe. It isn't anyone in particular, I just saw someone on a TV show complaining that she did literally everything around the house (and she did!) and her husband did nothing. She was saying essentially that she loves her job and so she must shoulder all the responsibility.
ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING?
What century do we live in? Are husbands/partners/family members supposed to contribute nothing? Isn't it supposed to be life sharing, not one person doing everything so the other can live completely worry free? And I don't really care whose job is more stressful/demanding/lucrative. If you are part of a family, contribute more than money to the equation. Houses don't clean themselves, babies don't care for themselves, and kids don't raise themselves. If you don't want to clean or care for or raise anything, don't. But you can't have it both ways!
I think people misunderstand feminism to mean that women can be equal to men in the workplace, but that they are still responsible for all the "women's work" as well. Ugh!
If someone finds themself in a situation which is not good for them (ie, stuck doing everything, feeling overwhelmed) they should STAND UP FOR THEMSELF. It is not being a bitch or demanding to say "hey, this is too much for me. As my husband/wife/partner/whatever, I need your help to make this family work." If the husband/wife/partner/whatever finds this to be unacceptable, I find them to be unacceptable!
Ok, now I'm done =)