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Here we go again - Women just aren't "allowed" to be stand up for themselves.
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<blockquote data-quote="hearts and roses" data-source="post: 435551" data-attributes="member: 2211"><p><span style="color: #483d8b">I can really relate to a lot of what muttmeister wrote about her experiences growing up. Born in 1962 and having four older siblings who were born in the 40's and 50's made it interesting. My mother was definitely the head of the household and very outspoken. Something that really stands out for me still is that my mother would tell us that we could be anything we wanted but, still, her primary focus was on pretty we were, our bone structure, weight, legs, how we dressed and walked like ladies. She sent me to modeling school when I was 13, not because I had ever even heard of such a thing, but because (and I just asked her this past week why she sent me there) she wanted me to learn poise and how to behave like a young lady should so I would be a fine secretary some day and some established man would want to marry me! Omg! I recall getting calls for modeling jobs back then and her declining the jobs on my behalf and I never knew why.</span></p><p><span style="color: #483d8b"></span></p><p><span style="color: #483d8b">The messages were very mixed during the 70'. While the women's movement was in full swing, there were moms and dads who were still very afraid to stray from what was once considered the norm back then. It wasn't until my later teens that I fully understood what the women's movement was and I agree that the meaning behind being a feminist has been skewed by apathy and misinterpretation. I don't want to be like a man. I want to be a woman whose point of view is respected and who earns the same wage as anyone else doing the same job, regardless of gender...among other things that our moms and grandmothers fought for.</span></p><p><span style="color: #483d8b"></span></p><p><span style="color: #483d8b">One of the things I brought up repeatedly in our school district is that we cover Chinese history from over 2000 years ago, but we don't study the civil rights movement or the women's movement. Why don't we? Isn't is important for our children to understand how our world got where it is today? What life used to be like for women? I just don't understand why this very important issue is not a six week long project - at least - like the Chinese unit they make the middle school kids do every year. for the civil rights period, they watch Roots and that, sadly, is it.</span></p><p><span style="color: #483d8b"></span></p><p><span style="color: #483d8b">Very interesting topic and I'm loving everyone's stories and responses!</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hearts and roses, post: 435551, member: 2211"] [COLOR="#483d8b"]I can really relate to a lot of what muttmeister wrote about her experiences growing up. Born in 1962 and having four older siblings who were born in the 40's and 50's made it interesting. My mother was definitely the head of the household and very outspoken. Something that really stands out for me still is that my mother would tell us that we could be anything we wanted but, still, her primary focus was on pretty we were, our bone structure, weight, legs, how we dressed and walked like ladies. She sent me to modeling school when I was 13, not because I had ever even heard of such a thing, but because (and I just asked her this past week why she sent me there) she wanted me to learn poise and how to behave like a young lady should so I would be a fine secretary some day and some established man would want to marry me! Omg! I recall getting calls for modeling jobs back then and her declining the jobs on my behalf and I never knew why. The messages were very mixed during the 70'. While the women's movement was in full swing, there were moms and dads who were still very afraid to stray from what was once considered the norm back then. It wasn't until my later teens that I fully understood what the women's movement was and I agree that the meaning behind being a feminist has been skewed by apathy and misinterpretation. I don't want to be like a man. I want to be a woman whose point of view is respected and who earns the same wage as anyone else doing the same job, regardless of gender...among other things that our moms and grandmothers fought for. One of the things I brought up repeatedly in our school district is that we cover Chinese history from over 2000 years ago, but we don't study the civil rights movement or the women's movement. Why don't we? Isn't is important for our children to understand how our world got where it is today? What life used to be like for women? I just don't understand why this very important issue is not a six week long project - at least - like the Chinese unit they make the middle school kids do every year. for the civil rights period, they watch Roots and that, sadly, is it. Very interesting topic and I'm loving everyone's stories and responses![/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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