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In reply to the discussion: I Look Down on Young Women With Husbands and Kids and I'm Not Sorry [View all]frazzled
(18,402 posts)So I'll just list a few things:
(1) No, Amy Glass, whoever you are: having kids, and raising them, is NOT a "super easy task." In fact, I'd say that it's about a billion times harder and takes more intellectual rigor than writing a stupid blog.
(2) Why do there seem to be only two classes that exist in your universe? Childless women who are apparently all doctors or engineers or "business builders" ... and breeders who stay home and iron socks. It's simply not true. Most women who have children are perfectly capable of doing both, either at the same time or serially (I had a postgraduate degree but stayed home until my youngest was in school, then returned to work.)
(3) Your argument is so outdated it doesn't even make sense any more. Ask my gay nephew and his husband about having babies and child-rearing. They seem to do it really well without getting criticized. And they do all kinds of stupid little kid stuff, like making omelets in the shape of teddy bears for breakfast, and jumping around yelling "poopy head." Oh, and all the while being respected professionals. Is it because they're men?
(4) Amy, you sound kind of not so smart. I hate to say that, but it seems true. I hope your scorn for other people's children doesn't come back to bite you later in life: say, when some other's woman's kid is your doctor and decides to misdiagnose you, just for kicks; or when you're old and decrepit and need to have some other woman's kid come make your dinner and change your Depends. Cause they just may be out for some payback. With an attitude like yours, I'd be a bit careful, because other people's kids are going to be the ones running your life at some point.