On Thu, 25 Jan 2001, Wood, Mary wrote:
<snip>
> For every one of us who is honest and
> confident about her abilities, there seems to be a lot
> more playing the helpless, submissive housewife role
> (referring to a personality type here ... this is not
> a slam to confident women who also happen to tend to
> their families at home).
Mary, you are _too_ cool! As a housewife and a stay at home mom, I hear
this crap alot about how I'm "setting the womens' movement back forty
years..." etc. Frankly, I think it's perfectly possible to both stay home
and be confident, successful and in control of my life. My husband would
laugh hysterically if he heard anyone refer to me as "submissive"... (and
then he'd tell whoever it was to run fast and very far away, in case I
heard...)
Thank you, Mary, for recognizing that it is possible to do the housewife
thing without doing the whole submissive thing (although I _am_ currently
barefoot and pregnant at the moment...hehe). I know you meant only to
clarify the earlier part of your post, but I really appreciate the
clarification.
Personally, I think the problem is that women don't watch enough football
and men don't do enough cooking. In our house, my husband does all the
cooking and I watch all the football. It seems to balance everything else
out... :)
-sharon
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