Mother’s Day
As the day nears, I realize that it is time to consider the value of mothers. A national holiday is dedicated to their service as caretakers, confidantes, the last resort, the first resort, nurturers, etc etc. Without mothers, we would not be here, but that is simple biology. They carry the fetus in womb and so forth. However, there are some notable questions to be asked about mothers and society. Why do so many mothers avoid taking care of children anymore?
Let me ruin everyone’s day with this psycho babble. Here’s the simplified version: Dishwashers bring women out of the house in droves. Those women work and make money and garner “respect.” Less children are born, and those children are cared for in an institutionalized manner. I mean, what the fuck is the point? Why do women find money and power to be more valuable than the love and respect of their children? Oh, yeah, I remember, independence and power. That could go for men too, if it were not for thousands of years of contradictory societal function.
At last check, women now work generally ”harder” (in work time, not difficulty of labor) than they did in the past. They are still the primary home caretaker and yet they work just a few hours less than men, on average, in the work force. What that means is that us guys are getting the best of both worlds.
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just like hannah montana! so are you saying women should make it their goal to be barefoot & pregnant in the kitchen? and how will families afford to buy their spoiled fucking lazy brats juicy couture & guitar hero? oh yeah, the economic stimulus check.
ok, best of both world? maybe. On this point I must agree. Why are women having children if they don’t want to be an integral part of their child’s life, if they are not ready to be selfless and give up everything to promote health and happiness for their baby? However, if a woman can balance it out, and it truly there to nuture their offspring, then, “Right On,sister!” But, I don’t think too many woman are sucessful at that.
I think our society has a lot to blame on this whole topic. First, why is it that a woman only gets a month or two at most to be with their newborn, and the father gets zilch? Look at other ‘1st world countries’, most of them have amazing support for new parents. Second, I don’t know how old you are, and I am assuming you are a woman, but once a lady reaches a certain age in our society, they start getting heaps of pressure to start poppin’ babies out. a lot of women are weak and feel they need to do this to appease everyone, yet they still want ‘their’ life. so they do both. This leads to an uneven balance in their life. Perhaps even resentment. Or, perhaps these broads just don’t realize what a committment they have got themselves into (much like their disfunctional marriages) and start pushing that committment away. If only the members of our society would think about their actions and the implications of those events we might not be having this discussion…among others that are bound to come.
however, mothers should be praised, and not just on mother’s day. They do have a lot on their plate, and most of them give up a tremendous amount to have children. I am sure it is one of the most difficult tasks, being a mother. So, besides the commercial bullshit of it all, I think the sentiment behind it is wonderful. too bad most kids are too selfish to honor their mother more than a couple times a year. but that is a whole different topic…
random comments:
1. oh my god! anne coulter is a writer on the microcosm!!!!!!!! the end is nigh!!
2. mother’s day (in the united states) was originally an anti-war movement (calling women to oppose war and support disarmament)… it then turned into a day to celebrate women who lost their sons in war… which later spun into the revolting consumerist propaganda we know it as today. what the blogger describes as her idea of the true meaning of “mother’s day” is more akin to “muttertag” and more specifically, the nazi cult of motherhood… oops, did i just link the blogger to nazism? man, i am so transparent! her misconception proves that she is a willfully ignorant “victim” of social conditioning and corporate brainwashing. she is quickly becoming the poster child for my belief that people should not be allowed to freely breed.
3. qft: “What that means is that us guys are getting the best of both worlds.”
“us guys”? is the blogger really a female, as we’ve all assumed? is he/she a herm? or is he/she just trying to pander to our desire for equality with an attempt at an epicene adjective. my logic (as illogical as it may be) wants the blogger to be a male, because they are the ones getting the best of both worlds. however, if my faith in the blogger’s idiocy is maintained, and they’re trying to say that women have the best of both worlds, can i please get some of whatever he/she is smoking?!!!
3A. women are certainly getting the fuzzy end of the lollipop. i thoroughly disagree with his/her assertion that women work harder now, considering that before the invention of frozen/preserved foods, women spent about 8 hours a day just preparing meals!!! that doesn’t include the sanitation work she did around the homestead, the cleaning and caring of the children and husband, and the community service she used as an excuse to socialize (quilting circles, church groups, etc.). the non-gentrified class of women worked non-stop prior to world war ii, but their work was centralized around the homestead… and so modern men and women don’t recognize it as work (much like how modern men and women don’t recognize “stay at home” moms as having real jobs). women today have all sorts of leisure time, thanks to technology and women’s lib. you’re a fucking retard if you think that gymboree, play-dates, gymnastics classes, softball/soccer teams, early preparatory schools, and all the other crap today’s parents shuttle their kids to and from aren’t just other forms of communal child-care, affording parents more free time away from one-on-one relations with their kids. regardless of all that, the average woman today has a full-time job outside of the home. if she chooses to be a mother, she must also carry the weight of that responsiblity too.
the comment that women typically work only a few hours less than men but are still the primary care givers proves just how fucked-up our social system is. do the math anne! that means mothers are essentially working 2 full-time jobs… and most do not choose to do so; they HAVE TO, in order to make ends meet, or (as in the middle and upper-classes) to run alongside the other lemmings. more importantly, not only are contemporary mothers working 2 full-time jobs, but they’re expected to perform 100% at both, and yield perfect results, or else they’re worthless monsters. mothers are the first to be blamed when kids turn out screwed-up (every serial killer bio i’ve ever read has a lot of finger pointing towards the mothers… never mind the common thread of absentee and/or defective/impotent fathers). if they have to miss work to care for a family matter, the male and less-fertile female coworkers lambaste them at length. when it comes to team-based projects, mothers (especially single mothers) are the least desirable… akin to the fatties and geeks in gym class waiting to be begrudgingly picked last. mothers have to work twice as hard to prove their loyalty to a company and they have to neglect their family in the process. it’s a catch-22 to the eleventeenth power.
men most definitely have it easier, as they’re only expected to bring home the bacon… it’s the woman that has to prepare it, cook it, serve it, and clean it up afterwards, all while servicing the needs of the children and husband; lather rinse repeat. please explain to me how you see that as having one’s cake and eating it too.
4. truth be told… in theory i agree with you on several aspects and i believe that world war ii is the worst thing that happened to america. i’ve blathered on too long, so i won’t bore you with the intimacies, but if i were you, i’d be terrified that you and i might share a single common core belief. unlike you, i know how twisted my mind is… and i recognize my tendency towards fascist belief systems and despotic aspirations. i don’t know if your supposed beatific way of life can actually sustain it’s (false?) identity when juxtaposed with such a hateful and oppressive way of seeing the world at large.
to snowbetty:
most 1st world countries are a lot more “socialist” than you’ve been taught to believe by popular media. the perfect political system is never a rigidly singular system… the ones that work best are a polygamous marriage between republican democracy (as in the democratic institution of a republic and not the bullshit political parites), socialism/communism (the marxist version and not the chinese or soviet versions), capitalism, nationalism (civic and not so much ethnic… liberal nationalism is kinda like my hero) and laissez-faire libertarianism. as it goes with metallurgy so it goes with belief systems… “alloys” tend to yield a stronger and therefore more worthwhile product.
regardless the u.s. has the f.m.l.a., which provides for the opportunity for a man to take paternity leave, if he so desires… most employers won’t fight the request because it’s a huge lawsuit waiting to happen. once again, men aren’t expected to care for their children, so they frequently don’t bother with the paternity leave, and they use their time at work as a means of escape from the horrors of adjusting to life with a newborn.
men are rarely forced to accept the implicit commitment that comes with cumming in a woman. the most we make them do is pay financially, but we don’t expect them to hang around and actually help rear a child. i believe the stupid women that allow themselves to feel pressured into motherhood eventually reach a twisted enlightenment and see just how retarded it is that they’re expected to fully commit themselves to parenting and abandon all free-will and personal identity when they’re only half of the problem (there is no “self” in proper parenting… everything a parent does should be for the benefit of the child. ergo my decision not to breed. i am joyfully selfish and willfully irresponsible. yey me!). it is unfair that women are expected to sacrifice themselves for the sake of the child, but men are only expected to sacrifice some of their paycheck.
given that we’re a country built on the notion of personal freedom, it is every man’s inalienable right to be a shitty father… they’ve been exercising that right for over 200 years. i don’t see that attitude changing any time soon. it’s only been since the last century that women began fighting for the right to be equally shitty. see the writings of chuck palahniuk, michael chabon, christopher moore, thomas pynchon, and even rebecca wells.
anyhow, thanks for letting me “filibuster vigilantly.”
oops. i just realized that the christian chick didn’t write this. my apologies to her for thinking this offensive crap originated from her. aaron, i still think you might be anne coulter… i can’t accept a world in which TWO misogynists of your caliber exist… you must be the same person. your writing once again amuses and disgusts me simultaneously. no matter how much i enjoy your artistry, i am still grateful you haven’t bred.
regardless, thanks to you and the christian chick for making my blood boil and my rusty gears turn. =)
Mother - one of the highest, most honored positions one can obtain. A position a Father is not qualified to fill.
Mothers are not perfect, but they are the BEST!
To all Mothers everywhere, HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY!!!
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The Obscure One
Any woman who let’s themself become “pressured” into getting pregnant by a certain age is a pushover and in my opinion absolutely ridiculous.
From my perspective, I’d have to say that as my mother has had (at one point or another) three jobs at one time, I’ve never felt abandoned or deprived or anything like that. I speak for my sister as well when I say that. I don’t think being a successful woman really hinders a mother-child relationship. I work with children whose mothers are with them everyday (stay-at-home-moms) and they are some of the biggest brats you will ever meet. Then again, there are a few that are some of the nicest kids I’ve ever met. By my observation, kids exposed to their mothers too much (a majority of them) appear to be irresponsible, rude and unintelligent because of their mothers being around to constantly pamper them, excuse their bad behavoir, and defend their bad behavoir (in public). If I had a nickel for everytime I’ve heard a parent tell me their child didn’t do anything wrong, I’d be on my way to coinstar right now. I think some women can handle kids and some can’t. Children are a big deal and parents really need to think about what they are getting themselves into before deciding to have a baby. Having children brings one into a different lifestyle then they are used to. I probably won’t have kids because I know what a pain in the ass I can be at times and I’m afraid I am too impatient to deal with a child.
I think Mother’s Day is a good thing. I think we don’t really remember to appreciate our mothers as often as they should be appreciated. A designated day is a good way to remind everyone to celebrate and honor your mom for everything she does for you! Happy Mother’s Day!
I called my mother today. She was happy I did so and I even helped her with some menial computer problems she did not feel like having to deal with on her day of being appreciated.
I laugh frequently when I read ArchitortureMe’s responses. Not because they are wrong, but because there is so much humor in the truth. Archi, I won’t be breeding soon, so fear not the child of my loins. The greatest comedy of errors was your entire list of emotional responses to “the Christian” girl. Now, I only wonder what would have come from you had you known it was me. I much happier that you didn’t.
Just a couple of points Archi: 8 hours a day preparing food? Really? I’ll give you 6. That’s from first-hand accounts. If your ancestors were slower than that, I see some of your reason for being grumpy.
Secondly, thank you for affirming so many of my points for me. It was much more beautifully spoken in your rather fascist (and I mean that in a good way Goebbels).
As for intellectuallyactive, I don’t exactly understand your points, they seem to be all over the place, but I do understand that you would be much richer if you avoided Coinstar and went to the bank. $.07 a dollar is a steep fee. For every thousand dollars your are going to give away $70 in hard earned moolah?
You will breed. It just a matter of time.
“First you find a mate
Second find a place
Third find a bag to hide the hoes face…”
“my real name is rover I said bend over…”
Anyways, maybe your just waiting for me.
That sounds like… well… 36 Mafia. I must say I am intrigued, but I am pretty sure I know who you are.