Do you think MM blame OW for not being able to control themselves

[Owl]

See...I was raised a couple of decades ahead of my time I think.

 

My parent's didn't teach "gender roles". We had six kids...three boys, and three girls. And we grew up on a farm.

 

We all had chores...inside and outside of the house.

 

Every single one of us learned to cook, clean, sew. And hunt, trap, fish, work the gardens, tend the horses, and do whatever else needed to be done.

 

I raised four kids to adulthood...three boys, one girl. She was treated no differently than the guys when it came time for chores, or pretty much anything. She got a little more privacy than the guys did when she got older...but that was about it.

 

All of my kids can do whatever needs to be done around the house...or to take care of the car, work outside, etc.

 

So it was never 'gender chaos' in my home...it was simple EQUAL expectations of everyone.

[bentnotbroken]

See...I was raised a couple of decades ahead of my time I think.

 

My parent's didn't teach "gender roles". We had six kids...three boys, and three girls. And we grew up on a farm.

 

We all had chores...inside and outside of the house.

 

Every single one of us learned to cook, clean, sew. And hunt, trap, fish, work the gardens, tend the horses, and do whatever else needed to be done.

 

I raised four kids to adulthood...three boys, one girl. She was treated no differently than the guys when it came time for chores, or pretty much anything. She got a little more privacy than the guys did when she got older...but that was about it.

 

All of my kids can do whatever needs to be done around the house...or to take care of the car, work outside, etc.

 

So it was never 'gender chaos' in my home...it was simple EQUAL expectations of everyone.

 

 

WOW:eek:We had the same parents. My parents made sure my brothers could cook, clean and sew. My sister and I did yard work, chopped wood(yes for a wood burning stove) and could do small jobs on our cars. I have tried to do the same with my own kids.

 

I think I turned out well and I know my kids turned out pretty damn good.

[dobler33]

See...I was raised a couple of decades ahead of my time I think.

 

My parent's didn't teach "gender roles". We had six kids...three boys, and three girls. And we grew up on a farm.

 

We all had chores...inside and outside of the house.

 

Every single one of us learned to cook, clean, sew. And hunt, trap, fish, work the gardens, tend the horses, and do whatever else needed to be done.

 

I raised four kids to adulthood...three boys, one girl. She was treated no differently than the guys when it came time for chores, or pretty much anything. She got a little more privacy than the guys did when she got older...but that was about it.

 

All of my kids can do whatever needs to be done around the house...or to take care of the car, work outside, etc.

 

So it was never 'gender chaos' in my home...it was simple EQUAL expectations of everyone.

 

 

aw jeez, owl, that's it. it's over. i do like you. i wish the world thought more like you and bent. then we wouldn't need mouthy feminists like me kavetching about inequality all the time.

[NoIDidn't]

nothing will freak you out more than taking a peek at what we're teaching our kids about what a woman is and what a man is. gave me nightmares for weeks when i was doing the research.

 

Sorry for the threadjack, but I am curious. What ARE schools teaching kids about what a woman and a man are?

[dobler33]

Sorry for the threadjack' date=' but I am curious. What ARE schools teaching kids about what a woman and a man are?[/quote']

 

my research was mainly on abstinence only sex ed, which i know is a rather sensitive subject for some folks. i did a survey of AOUM (abstinence only until marriage) sex ed and was pretty horrified at the misinformation and misogynistic and homophobic content. i'll leave it there for now because i don't want to instigate a political debate on delirious's thread.

[delirious]

NO really go ahead - this has got a bit complex anyhow. I am still in my A fog, I can't get my head around it. Sometimes you can over analyse some things, that you end up right back where you started. I mean where does it get us really. We can never get into somebody's head. Men are men and women are women, we are different and always will be. We feel differently, we act differently. I must like it that way or i would be with another woman. I wish I could be more like a man though and not overanalyse things and just put my feelings on the back burner, whilst i go take out the garbage or something.