tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3047165.post114616528494385700..comments2023-10-20T11:58:07.221-04:00Comments on babblebook: esterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01029156681791421501noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3047165.post-1146576452278195272006-05-02T09:27:00.000-04:002006-05-02T09:27:00.000-04:00i feel compelled to mention, nate, that if i'm a g...i feel compelled to mention, nate, that if i'm a grad student in anything, it's reading shit on the internet. alas that doesn't come with letters after my name ...esterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01029156681791421501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3047165.post-1146503299246623802006-05-01T13:08:00.000-04:002006-05-01T13:08:00.000-04:00women's studies, usually.so be "out of place!" "ou...women's studies, usually.<BR/><BR/>so be "out of place!" "out of place" is exactly the kind of idea that needs to challenged.THE FIRE BOSS (aka EFF BEE)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15037982651808311307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3047165.post-1146170505028334272006-04-27T16:41:00.000-04:002006-04-27T16:41:00.000-04:00I find this stuff fascinating. Almost makes me wa...I find this stuff <I>fascinating</I>. Almost makes me want to major in feminism studies(?)<BR/>I say "almost" because I get the feeling I might be out of place.<BR/><BR/><I>But going to the office can be enough! Leaving the house, to be valued in the outside world, and having a salary instead of an allowance -- the importance of all of that, to me at least, can't be denied</I><BR/><BR/>Exactly! If you don't even address this aspect, I can't take your argument seriously. It's not even an aspect. It's the whole caboodle! (Remember what they tell you as a kid? <I>Don't choose a career for money, choose it for how happy it will make you!</I>) <BR/>Incomes and earning power shouldn't even be part of the discussion. The discussion is about people's right to find their purpose.<BR/>Should that right be sacrificed on the altar of child-rearing?<BR/>Without having the scholarly chops to back it up, I seem to get the impression that the child-psychology community thinks children are better adjusted when at least one parent stays at home with them. So for most of history we've shouldered this obligation onto women, but now...<BR/>Wait, why am I bothering writing this for a feminist studies grad student?<BR/>Anyway, <I>I</I> sure wouldn't want to stay home without a career, and I'm not asking my wife to either.<BR/>I was quite the latch key kid myself, and outside of a distaste for peas and an odd dislike of writing with felt tip pens, I consider myself pretty damn well adjusted. That will have to be what helps me sleep at night.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com