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  • Wednesday, October 11, 2006
    Huh?
    [brief is going better, but I'm currently eating a sandwich, and surfing the net ... a well-deserved break. I've been working for 5 hours straight -- leave me alone]

    Okay - so I'm reading this article on cnn.com, thinking "oh, i hope that it is true, and that 1) the public will start being more engaged in the democratic process, instead of lying around while Corporations use their financial investments to monopolize the input to our elected officials (even though if voters were more engaged, I bet that corporate monies would make less of a difference - i think that the parties are slaves to corporate entities b/c the voters have become apathetic); and 2) the Republicans will go bye-bye."

    Then I read this odd-ball quote:

    "Women are very, very concerned at the direction that this country is going," said Shannon Hargrove of Fort Worth, Texas, who talks politics frequently with her friends. "A lot of us have sons that are the age to participate in the wars, and we have daughters and sons that are of the age that are trying to find jobs, and that's very difficult."

    I mean, I think it's true - women are very concerned at the direction that this country is going --- but b/c we're worried that our kids won't find jobs? That's not a "women's issue!" what the hell? I'm concerned with the demands being put on our military, and with recruiting methods and results, and with the death of American soldiers and servicepeople - of course. And of COURSE I want my kids to grow up and have many options and opportunities --

    But Beloved isn't EXEMPT from those concerns just cuz he isn't a MOM.

    Mom issues? Are they only about the well-being of our children?

    Or are we allowed to be more? to be worried for OURSELVES as well?

    Do women = moms?

    Not sure why that left such a bad taste in my mouth ... but it did.
    posted by Zuska @ 1:37 PM  
    1 Comments:
    • At Wednesday, October 11, 2006 4:59:00 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

      Um...yeah. I'm concerned about my friends and relatives and other people having to serve in the military, and I'm concerned about many of the same people finding jobs... Clearly, though, because I am 25 and childless, I am not adult enough to be a woman in her eyes. (That doesn't help my imposter syndrome issues. :) )

       
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