Re: Feminism and Homemaking

[Guest guest]

Hello,

Just a quick note as I've got to get back to it. I think society as a whole

these days is anti-stay at home mom. Because our culture prizes technology,

efficiency, making lots of money, etc., staying home and raising kids is not

valued. It isn't necessarily feminists who believe this. Blaming " women's

libbers " for our culture looking down on women who choose not to have a career

seems wrong. I am a feminist and a stay at home mom/farmer and know of many

other " domestic " , fairly hard core feminists, as I mentioned in a different post

in the other thread. Devaluing women and their contributions to society has

been going on *way* before feminism began. I have been " looked down upon " by my

older siblings for choosing to marry and have a family at such a young age, and

they are *not* feminists!

Rebekah Fechner-

Feminism and Homemaking

Dear Joan,

I beg to differ, but this is NOT a myth. I stay home and take care of my

family and I have gotten a very hard time from a lot of different people.

[Guest guest]

like i said, in the book Addiction to Perfection, the author, a Jungian

therapist, makes a strong case that our particular society is

overmasculinized, males being more 'doers' and women 'nurturers'.

doing is more prized in our culture than nurturing, which is really sad.

we need both.

maybe this is why feminism even came about.

and so, in a masculinized society, i guess SAHM's wouldn't be valued even

tho they're doing the most important job in the world.

in any case, full time homemakers get an unfair 'rap' and 'superwomen'

who go out to work AND do all the nurturing stuff are doubly prized.

even if it leads to an early death due to all the stress.

anyway.

laura

On Wed, 23 Jun 2004 15:10:37 -0700 " Rebekah and "

<ContinuumFamily@...> writes:

Hello,

Just a quick note as I've got to get back to it. I think society as a

whole these days is anti-stay at home mom. Because our culture prizes

technology, efficiency, making lots of money, etc., staying home and

raising kids is not valued. It isn't necessarily feminists who believe

this. Blaming " women's libbers " for our culture looking down on women

who choose not to have a career seems wrong. I am a feminist and a stay

at home mom/farmer and know of many other " domestic " , fairly hard core

feminists, as I mentioned in a different post in the other thread.

Devaluing women and their contributions to society has been going on

*way* before feminism began. I have been " looked down upon " by my older

siblings for choosing to marry and have a family at such a young age, and

they are *not* feminists!