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This comic is inspired, yet not directly related to in any way (because it’s French politics and what do I know of French politics?) this article: Feminist party and the Greens
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Sounds like she thinks the only way a woman can find equality is through artificial means. Perhaps moving away from bottled water and back to the tap is regression as well and should be cautioned against.
I’d like her to meet my friends, a couple with twins: The dad stays at home with the babies, mom pumps and nurses on demand when with the babies, and they use cloth diapers. They are a fantastic team. A different employment situation would not make a break-up any less devastating. But I think their arrangement puts less stress on the marriage than would a duel income and twins in day care.
The claim, “some women hate it” has nothing to do with whether or not encouraging breastfeeding is feminist or not. Jeez, if you really hate something and don’t want to do it, then don’t. But how that makes you more feminist, or less conservative, is beyond me. How many women hate going to work? Would that make going to work un-feminist?
O….K….. well I’ll rebuttal for the Germans in my life! The ones who ARE Moms take their JOB as a Mother VERY seriously! Oh & if we COULD find biodegradable nappies (ones that REALLY broke down) I wouldn’t complain about THAT comment either. But I will, because all the ones I’ve tried are STILL in the compost bin 2 YEARS later! (cloth dipes take what 6 months) So until they find something that actually WORKS like my cloth nappies, you can forget about it sista! & my BIG complaint isn’t about women who’ve TRIED to Breastfeed & didn’t or couldn’t, nope sorry, my ire goes towards women who’ve NEVER even given it a 2nd thought! (YES Mississippi I’m looking at your 48% “try” rating) Yes those 1st 6 months are tough, but hey would be tough ANYWAYS! I’ve done both unfortunately, on babies 3 & 4 I’m STILL nursing as much as possible, even the toddlers, I just don’t see quitting NOW after everything we went through to get to 6 months, lol! I don’t think baby #4 is even gonna get a bottle, I’m certainly not buying one. I’ll take the thick french glassware ANYTIME over the nasty plastics!
(speaking of plastics & disposable dipes, I’m putting my money on stuff like that for the rates of screwing up our children, I mean look at the time lines, they match, anyone remember what tupperware was like 20 years ago, good luck finding that stuff anymore)
The Green party “may” be backwards to HER but it IS a step in the right direction, for the FUTURE of France! I hope this idiot doesn’t stand a chance! THAT’S feminism, the ACTUAL right to choose! Not just the ability to “pretend” we can.
makes me glad i registered with the green party, lol!
Anistasia, I totally agree that we screw up our children with things like plastics and disposables. At 32 I found out that I have a birth defect in my skull that has explained a lot of things that were “different” for me growing up. In trying to figure out how this came about (which became quite important as I made more humans), I’ve learned some things about the company that my father grew up by and even worked for as a young adult. I figured it all out as I looked into his exposure to Agent Orange in Korea.. well, the company that MADE the Agent Orange happens to be THAT company. I can find links between my condition and some of the products they produced and put into our environment (DIOXINS) but when I search the specific company, I only find that they make the shunts and other medical equipment involved in treating complications related to this condition.. ironic that they are still profiting off this, huh?
My husband’s work revolves around childhood environmental hazards. A big part of his work is about lead poisoning. Seeing the affects that just a little bit of lead dust in the soil or on a window sill can have on the development of the human brain makes it clear to me that not all people are given an equal shot in this world. ANYTHING we do to the Earth, we do to our children. Nevermind endangered species, suffering wildlife, the plastic reef, the loss of beauty and no longer being able to fish or eat wild berries or drink fresh spring water. What we need to realize is that whatever we put into the environment, we put into our children. And poisoning our daughters is certainly not giving them a future with more choices.
Wow–that’s a major ouch-ola to this liberated hearth-bound mama. Part of being pro-woman is making choices that are good for more than just oneself.
It’s interesting to me that it’s the French feminists who are now coming up with this stuff. Some of my favorite feminists are the French ones (like Helene Cixous) who celebrated the female body in all its messiness and beauty.
Julie, well I was told for YEARS the PAIN I endured every month could ONLY be cured by a hysterectomy or Menopause! It wasn’t til I got to Europe that anyone suggested maybe I should use the baby’s diapers. WOW, HUGE difference……& my periods are lighter & hurt a LOT less as well as last only 1/2 as long! ‘enough for me! oh & they look SOOO much nicer…..who WOULDN’T love a nice soft brocade Mama pad versus itchy burning not paper, not plastic?
& I know what you mean about work place hazards, my hubby won’t even LOOK at the story on Silicon Valley clean room & birth defects! ok enough soap boxing for the day, It’s Heather’s site, we should let her star! lol, guess my SON’S favorite Cartoonist isn’t REALLY retiring anytime soon!
hee hee, me retire? moi? Never! (at least never again ;o)
I just dont see how people can connect the use of cloth diapers and breastfeeding to the dissolution of modern marriages. Really, the divorce rate in the U.S has hovered around 50% for decades, long before the ‘new’ cloth diaper movement or the resurgence of breastfeeding.
This is the second day in a row I’ve read a story about politicians deciding what’s best for modern mothers. Yesterday I read this story, in which the PM of Australia says women are using the pursuit of PhD’s as an excuse not to have children. Will politicians ever tire of telling us how to live in our own skin?
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/dont-be-rattled-by-the-baby-guilt-trip-20100214-nzb9.html
i am wondering why to be a better woman we have to be like men. why is feminism seem to be that women should leave the kids with someone else, and get a job and work and work away from our families, and that will make us a better woman. i don’t want to be a power hungry man from the 80′s to feel fulfilled. i really feel like i have found who i am thru being a mother… i have become more concerned with the world, with other people, with the environment , i have come from being selfish to being more selfless. not saying that everyone has to do it my way… and i guess that is it. you need to find out what works for YOU. that to me is what it is all about having so many choices, not having some more presented while they take away others.
heather in maine
Heather in Maine! I know EXACTLY what you mean, my sisters & I agree to DISAGREE on our parenting styles! WE are 3 VERY different people. & we have very different ways of solving the same problems. We can appreciate the ways the others parent their children because it matches the way that mom is. It’s the family members that don’t TRY that we all seem to get irate at! SO WHAT If my sole interest in life is my children? I chose that path whole heartedly! I know it’s not for everyone but I at least like people who make an effort to parent after they made the effort to breed. It costs nothing to give a darn about your children. They are NOT free handouts (& yes I know a few people who seem to be “parents” only because it keeps them out of the work force) so this is a fine line to walk. We shouldn’t ALL be criticized because a few people can’t get their heads on the right way!