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Originally posted by prettyredhead,
People need to raise their sons to be men again, and not coddled baby's who grow up and think they own the world. And that the world owes them.
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Hmmm... but if they - the men - know that what they do (working in the heartless world) is harder, more unpleasent than what we, the women, would do by being moms in our cushy haven, at home, don't you think they're going to be jealous and again, feel like we OWE them something?
What I am trying to say is that I do not think that the "mom" job will ever get enough social recognition to count as "harsh work" hence, deserving of leadership in the family, as is the provider job .
Maybe because it really isn't.
Like I said, after having done the "career thing", I'd much rather do goo-goo at home with my baby, change diapers and smell my own offspring's poop all day long than deal with impersonal bosses, nasty deadlines for nasty projects, back-stabbing co-workers, tough competition amnd who knows what else.
It's simply more personally satisfying. Period.
But for pleasent occupations - you don't get paid much. You gotta suffer to get recognition.
Have you noticed that almost all occupations that are emotionally satisfying and fun - are usually paid either crap or nothing at all? The only exception is that of an "artist", but only the one who gets lucky enough to get recognition in this life and sell well to the public.
Look at teaching. Quite a nice occupation to have; and very fulfilling. Well...it pays close to a welfare check. Sometimes you're better off on welfare. The "mom" job - some argue "the best of them all" - pays nothing.
So don't expect men to continue to get tortured and whipped at work and then kneel in front of us in eternal admiration for the "hard mommy job" we get to do from the cushiness of our warmy homes.
Ain't gonna happen. That's why so many of them are such jerks when they get home. Because in the pecking order, the higher-ups at work don't do "goo-goo" with them - but keep them aligned, whipped and docile.
This is their view of the world.
And we, women wanted a piece of this...understandably so...so we can be economically independent and get some dignity back.
Well...we got it - at the expense of family, children, sanity, life.