rtwngAvngr said:
Joz, so you admit it's the feminists behind all this, yet you still blame men. Sorry, that's f-ed up.
Listen carefully.
jillian said:
I don't think the point was to "poo-poo" motherhood. I think the idea was that women should have options. While I respect the choice of my friends who are stay-at-home moms, it wasn't ever something I wanted and I don't see where my son has suffered one iota for it.
I don't think having a child means I have to wait for someone else to give me money or veto my decisions because he's paying the way. And, truth, now my friends who stayed home have kids who are older and they're bored out of their minds but have no entry back into the workplace because they aren't marketable any longer due to the time they've taken off. Now they've got another 40 years or so (if they're lucky) to try to readapt.
Why would you want to see the clock turned back and women once again not be taken seriously in business?
Jillian, I do not want to see the clock turned back. But I think women need to understand better what their role is.
When a woman decides to have a child she accepts the responsibility of teaching another human being to be a God-fearing, independant, productive to society, kind human being. Giving birth and then passing this job onto some daycare is wrong. Please understand, that I am all too aware of circumstances that require a woman to have to leave her child in another's care. But the person she chooses should be sought out with much prayer.
In this day & age an education is needed to get a job flipping burgers.
Wise is the woman who gets an education. And during the years she takes rearing her children she should still keep herself educated & informed, throught classes, volunteering and
even a job. But her first & foremost job should be the child(ren) Then when her children are old enough she can enter the work force with a vengence.
That could work and has. But in today's society, in some instances, it takes 2 paychecks to live. But that's different than having the most beautiful house with the newest car & a boat & a......... We seem to have lost our priorities.
And any man that doles out money or "vetoes" a woman's decisions while she's running a house & caring for the children is an Asshole; there's no other way to say it. He needs to get his act together through counselling & prayer.
Which brings me to you RW. You argue the ins & outs of certain Bible passages. You might want to study on this. Women are to be respected. That's not the way things have always gone, even in Biblical times. She has been considered a servant, a possession, nothing more than a means as an outlet for
the man. THAT'S what's f-ed up.
Men have failed to be the fathers & husbands God intended; they have not been the
spiritual leaders of their families. They have abused their status, not viewing his wife as his equal, his helper, comforter, lover. He forgets how tired she can be at the end of the day, as molding a life can be tedious work. He was made physically stronger than her for a reason. He could give a bath or read a story. For a woman that can rest & repair is a value to both her husband & children. There's nothing worse than a tired nag.
Marriage is one of the stablizing foundations of our society. So by the mere fact that men have shirked their responsibility, it has been easy for Satan, by any means he can, (yes, feminists) to attack the marriage and family. Men & women, divided & conquered.
And dillo, I was a stay-at-home mom. There were many,
many sacrifices on both the part of my husband & me. I am sorry for alot of things in my life. That is and never will be, one of them.