Comments | the0lady: Very YES

the0lady

Very YES

Dec 09, 2008 15:58

" This is not [...] another so-called feminist attack on mothers, but on a culture that encourages them not only to think so little of themselves, but to positively glorify themselves in doing so, as though this constitutes some kind of sacrifice on behalf of our children. In magazines, TV programmes, mothers’ groups and web forums, it seems to ( Read more... )

gender stereotypes, feminism, working mothers, gender roles, reprodictive rights, women's rights

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origamitiger December 9 2008, 19:27:15 UTC

As I have always said it is about choice this feminism thing. Not damned if you damned if you don't.

ailbhe December 9 2008, 21:00:50 UTC

I am not sure, but I think this ties in nicely to my "No, it's really hard work and women should have more help and have to do less of it in the first place" rants?

I assume you've seen shapeofamother.com ?

the0lady December 10 2008, 09:48:16 UTC

No, it's more along the lines of "no, motherhood is not a sacred trust, and talking about social reform is not moral apostacy".

Replace the word "motherhood" in the above with "virginity" to get a flavour of where I'm aiming at.

ailbhe December 10 2008, 13:27:45 UTC

My rants tend to start with "it's not a vocation."

But I think we get a lot less of the I Sacrificed My Life To Be A Mom stuff here in the UK (and in Ireland) than in the US.

the0lady December 10 2008, 13:45:52 UTC

In what sense do you mean, we get less of it?

I agree that women here are pressurised to keep closed ranks and not overtly and openly complain about motherhood. I don't really know how this compares to the US - The F-Word is a UK based website, so the author of the article is talking about the UK.

You either have to have an official diagnosys of PND, or be blissfully happy. The middle ground is just wall-to-wall Bad Mothering.

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