Comments on: so much for equality

By: Steph

Steph — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 00:51:25 +0000

How many women has Gene slept with.Supposed to be in the thousands and he had the polaroids to prove it.

He must have many little jewels spread around the globe.

Hardly good marriage material

By: kellypea

kellypea — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 18:00:28 +0000

Well said. I was born in the late fifties, and can say that I’ve worked my ass off and raised my own kids even when there wasn’t a husband to help. My mom did the same. We wouldn’t dream of foisting our children off on someone else. Yes, children are fortunate to have grandparents who step up to raise them. Sometimes, though, I think that had they not been there to help, parents would have to grow up and be responsible. Since my two older sons haven’t had kids, maybe that’s the product — the hard work opened their eyes, and there’s much more time later in life to have kids.

By: Jane Doe

Jane Doe — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:03:21 +0000

It seems to me that Women’s Liberation did little for us women, other than to give us more work. Now, not only are we expected to keep up the home, but also work outside of it as well. Instead of one job, we now have two, and the pay still sucks!

A great post, Paisley! I really enjoyed it.

By: Corina

Corina — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 18:56:28 +0000

This reminded me of growing up during the Women’s Lib movement and how I perceived it and fought against it. Everyone thought I was absolutely crazy. I’ll have to write about that part of my life and the people that influenced me.

There’s a lot of truth in your post. With that said, I’ll stop and go re-read it and maybe do some writing between editing the novel I am helping a friend with.

By: Redness

Redness — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 02:23:55 +0000

To me feminism was an academic ploy to squash the consumerism pointed solely to women in the 50s. Remember seeing those adverts with the “Leave it to Beaver” perfect mother, in the perfect kitchen, wearing the perfect apron, watching for her perfect white collar working husband to come home to his delicious piping hot dinner on the table. My mother told me to always make sure I had my lippy on when hubby came home (nah she didn’t mean ONLY lippy)!

Adverts aimed at women during that time were the start of wanting more and more, a gleaming new refrigerator, a vacuum cleaner that sucked harded, a washer that washed whiter … consumerism, in the patriarchial dominated society of the time was where materialistic notions began as did the women who decided they’d not take abuse in the home any longer. They’d seen their mothers locked in asylums for having a breakdown, so the male dominated medical profession of that era began prescribing valium … sounding more like a conspiacy theorist… NO, it’s all true, I lived it! Excellent thought provoking post MsP… eagerly waiting your next instalment.

Hey wish we could get 4 hours of Gene down here, he’s a soft touch in real life, love the show! LYM. oxoxo

By: rawdawgbuffalo

rawdawgbuffalo — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 03:36:18 +0000

that is a wild show

By: Epiphany

Epiphany — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 01:09:36 +0000

Well, in my industry of commercial real estate, you’d never have a clue that women have evolved in the workforce. Except in some rare instances where I’m not sure they could be described as women. More like a woman who has mutated – out of necessity in order to achieve success – into a much more domineering and cutthroat personality than any man could hope to me. I’m actually not knocking that, its just that it would be a lot better if they could find some balance. I think it would garner them a lot more respect as a whole.

I like that Gene Simmons show too. I am always so shocked at how relatively conservative he is.

By: robert bourne

robert bourne — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:37:39 +0000

damn interesting post and worth thinking about..your points are well taken..

By: Gemma

Gemma — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 23:34:57 +0000

Sadly, I believe I can never retire! It is impossible! I support an ill man! True! But while he is at home, he literally does everything round the house ~ cooking, cleaning, washing, ironing! Mind you, I cringe with the cleaning efforts! But can’t say much when he supports me in every way so that I have the strength to maintain a very demanding job!

But I also believe our balance is quite unique! I know of only one other (at work) in an identical situation where the woman works and the man stays at home and does household chores! (And this guy is not ill!) Most other guys I know expect the woman to work and manage the house! Sometimes the male works at an outside home job, but not always! And often, the woman has the more taxing job outside the home!

If only we could all negotiate a balance of work commitments in our relationships so that one does not completely expect the other to be a slave!

Has Women’s Lib just given the opportunity for role reversal? Is that honestly an achievement?

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 23:32:47 +0000

I just read an article yesterday entitled “Should guys pay for dates?” I’m feeling, wow… have I been left behind by the times. Call me old-fashioned but I can’t recall not paying for every single date I’ve had. And this is regardless of whether I asked or was asked out.

By the way, I’ve been a huge KISS fan since I was a kid, and do watch the show regularly! The guys nuts but, that’s entertainment, I guess.