http://www.mindonfire.com/2009/04/30/spark-i%e2%80%a6have-no-words/ Religion, SF, and Other Speculative Fictions. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:55:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://www.mindonfire.com/2009/04/30/spark-i%e2%80%a6have-no-words/comment-page-1/#comment-23546 Steve Fri, 01 May 2009 20:22:49 +0000 http://www.mindonfire.com/?p=1561#comment-23546 Cute pictures, though. This reminds me of the little book my Mom was given by the Navy when she married my Dad.(Back in the mid-sixties) Talk about gender roles. There were lists of how she was supposed to act, not to contradict her husband in front of other Navy men, the correct order of pleasantries when having guests over whether it was just conversation over drinks or a full blown party. Women did their thing in the kitchen while the men did their thing in the living room, etc. Horrible stuff. My Dad told my Mom to ignore the book, which she did after trying a couple of times to live up to such impossible standards. Cute pictures, though.
This reminds me of the little book my Mom was given by the Navy when she married my Dad.(Back in the mid-sixties) Talk about gender roles. There were lists of how she was supposed to act, not to contradict her husband in front of other Navy men, the correct order of pleasantries when having guests over whether it was just conversation over drinks or a full blown party. Women did their thing in the kitchen while the men did their thing in the living room, etc. Horrible stuff. My Dad told my Mom to ignore the book, which she did after trying a couple of times to live up to such impossible standards.

]]> http://www.mindonfire.com/2009/04/30/spark-i%e2%80%a6have-no-words/comment-page-1/#comment-23544 Mark Fri, 01 May 2009 19:15:28 +0000 http://www.mindonfire.com/?p=1561#comment-23544 Wow! What is really scary is that this was not too long ago that people thought this way and taught this way! Wow! What is really scary is that this was not too long ago that people thought this way and taught this way!

]]> http://www.mindonfire.com/2009/04/30/spark-i%e2%80%a6have-no-words/comment-page-1/#comment-23541 Craig Fri, 01 May 2009 18:25:21 +0000 http://www.mindonfire.com/?p=1561#comment-23541 I can't even say how much I hate, hate, hate gender roles. In my opinion, they're probably totally artificial, and certainly restrictive and harmful. I can’t even say how much I hate, hate, hate gender roles. In my opinion, they’re probably totally artificial, and certainly restrictive and harmful.

]]> http://www.mindonfire.com/2009/04/30/spark-i%e2%80%a6have-no-words/comment-page-1/#comment-23524 Elaine Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:43:08 +0000 http://www.mindonfire.com/?p=1561#comment-23524 WTF? I'm going to go scream now, thanks. WTF? I’m going to go scream now, thanks.

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