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CrispyQ

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19. When I was in corporate, I worked with a really wonderful family man.

Thu Jan 12, 2012, 12:59 PM

Jan 2012

I'd met his wife & his three kids. They were all great. She was a SAHM. He made good bucks & they were doing well. He would always say, "None of this would be possible without her. My contribution is that I go to work & put in 40 hours & bring home some money. What she does is so much more important than that. She's raising our children & cares for our home."

It was refreshing. They are a genuine family.

Why do we always pit one against the other, in this society? Why can't we recognize differences & admire the good in both, instead of one always having to best the other? How much has sports played into attaching competion & winning to everything?

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Love Languages, Feminists in Romantic Relationships & Prostitution [View all] JustAnotherGen Jan 2012 OP

it is interesting how all this is manifesting and the number of women allowing themselves to be seabeyond Jan 2012 #1

I agree JustAnotherGen Jan 2012 #2

it is just another saying we have given to men to chuckle at, to feel superior, to be dominant seabeyond Jan 2012 #5

Oooh I agree JustAnotherGen Jan 2012 #6

VS use to be a company about empowering women their sexuality. i use to buy from them. it was fun. seabeyond Jan 2012 #7

We see relationships based on altruism. redqueen Jan 2012 #12

You are correct, as usual, Seabie....I believe that language is powerful whathehell Jan 2012 #22

IMHO the heart of the matter is the power dynamic. Gormy Cuss Jan 2012 #3

That's what I was going to say. redqueen Jan 2012 #4

"A tool. A thing." Gormy Cuss Jan 2012 #8

So true JustAnotherGen Jan 2012 #9

Exactly. redqueen Jan 2012 #10

I didn't know that Norway and Denmark had taken that step...It's wonderful!..n/t whathehell Jan 2012 #23

and how to get women to stop playing their role? iverglas Jan 2012 #14

Here's where I bring a different perspective JustAnotherGen Jan 2012 #17

me too iverglas Jan 2012 #11

Cooperating vs. using (the way I see it) redqueen Jan 2012 #13

heh heh iverglas Jan 2012 #15

you didn't give us a link :( iverglas Jan 2012 #16

That's a good start JustAnotherGen Jan 2012 #18

but I don't want to have to pick my way carefully iverglas Jan 2012 #21

When I was in corporate, I worked with a really wonderful family man. CrispyQ Jan 2012 #19

Well, I am the breadwinner ismnotwasm Jan 2012 #20