Does anyone else go to work sick?

[Zorra]

34. I fully infer from your post that you have never been a single working parent

with dependent children to care for at home.

So, please, tell me, which child would you have delegated the task of earning the money to pay our rent to -- my 11 yr old, or my 12 yr old? Tough call, I know; but the thing is, somebody's gotta do it, and the kid's lemonade stand went deep into the red during the recession . And it's *sigh* just so hard for us single working parents to find good servant help to delegate tasks to these days. Everyone at the Club has been talking about it. Why, poor Anne Romney has been just absolutely livid over it! (Zorra bats her eyes, flutters her fan, pretends she is "getting the vapors&quot

Sooo,....I guess that leaves us the dutiful little control freak mom who is working 17/7 plus taking care of her children the best way she knows how, and for what reason?

For "bragging rights"?

"Bragging rights"?? Are. You. Kidding. Me. ?

Or could it possibly have been self sacrificing out of, oh...I don't know...love for her children?

And since when has disgustingly reliable and responsible become "control freak"?

Control is what passive-aggressive people attempt to assert when they don't show up, or show up late, in order to give themselves some pathetic sense of superiority, power, and control over others by making their lives uncomfortable. That'll teach 'em.

Another annoying trait single working parents develop, besides being reliable and responsible, is to be unnervingly direct when confronted with bullshit (especially those single parent feminists, when they are confronted with examples of institutionalized, enculturated sexism)...and, darn, I just can't seem to break this annoying habit, either -

So...in this vein...there is also this in your post, btw:

[font color="red" size="size" face="face"]SEXISM:

Prejudice, stereotyping, or discrimination, typically against women, on the basis of sex.[/font]

Your post is, unfortunately, sexist.

One of the

things women do more than men, for instance, is neglect to delegate...They can

be dutiful little control freaks, always "self-sacrificing" for...Oh hell, I don't

KNOW what for....bragging rights?

Seriously? Are. You. Kidding. Me. ?

Sexism, exactly as defined, non?


If I wasn't such a dainty, delicate little lady, I'd totally tell you, bless your heart, to stick your sexist post where the sun don't shine; but I won't, because it's simply not ladylike, and my delicate female constitution simply can't bear the rudeness of it.

And yes, it's very true; I really do stress hard over possibly not being able to honor my word. Not honoring my word fills me with unrelenting remorse, (because, like soooo many other women, I share the inherent stereotypical female characteristic of being a "dutiful little control freak" . It's really annoying to me, sometimes.

But the people on the other end of those commitments always seem to appreciate it; is this where the "bragging rights" thing comes in?

I'm not going to alert on your sexist post, and I make no apologies for being direct and honest. I've already experienced enough unconscious institutionalized sexism (and homophobia and racism)) to last me the rest of my life, and I'm never, ever going to be obeisantly silent when I encounter it.

I got over apologizing in the face of sexism (and homophobia and racism) a long time ago, when I was working 2 gigs with mouths to feed, along with everything that comes with that territory.

Now, you can get angry at me for this seemingly harsh post, or you can run with it, and make an effort to reassess your worldview of women. A lot of men (and more than a few women) don't understand the profound unconscious effect on their belief systems that the institutionalized misogyny inherent within this patriarchal system instills in them.

Think about it.

Please.


On edit: I suspect that the men who fit "that description" are, or have been, single working parents.