I better become an NP at this rate

[damesilibo]

  We had a good discussion group today about nursing ,it's perception by the lay person and its' historical correlation to the Women's Movement.
True to form,I am ready to burn a bra or two!!

And the next asswipe who says: "But you're so smart,why didn't you just become a doctor?"
gets an earful of flaming hate.And maybe a dick/coochie punch.

It's not

Comments

[hanareru]

shame on you for becoming a nurse and giving in to the phallocentric patriarchy of the man!

[damesilibo]

Well, it was that or becoming a kept girl..;p

[catdraco]

*nods*
I get angry at myself for feeling humiliated when people ask, "So, what do you do?" and I have to come up with words to explain that my husband works, but I do not.

Never mind that when we met, the situation was reversed: and never mind that I don't work because of a disability, not because I think it's my God-given role to be the homemaker. And never mind that I'm actually quite happy with the division of labour: I'd rather be in charge of the housework, which I'm better at anyway, and leave the wage-earning to the boy.

I make a joke of it. "So what do you do?" "I'm a kept woman."

People laugh, which is nicer than pity: but I hate having to justify it at all.

/rant

[damesilibo]

I think this has been the unintentional disservice of the Women's Liberation movement:
the immediate disdain for any traditional female role-regardless of any extenuating cirumstances or even preferences in a "traditonal" direction.

[maisimai]

Rock the pink collar work--I do believe that this is the next big reclamation if you will.Don't forget to take your copy of cunt in with you to read while you are hearing from the MAN--that the work you do as a nurse is not as valid as their better paid, phallocentric, allopathic bullshit I am better than god 'tude because I sold out to big pharma. They can shove it up their proveribial ass. Goddammit I hate f*ckin doctors...of any stripe.

[damesilibo]

Please,don't hold back..tell us how you *really* feel.;p
Yeah,this is reminding me that heading in the Integrative/Holistic medicine direction will have to be my ultimate career direction.

[joeydiablo]

Yeah I get it as a guy too. "Oh you should be a doctor". Whatever.

Cleaned up a lot of liquid stool today myself!