I'm not sure why your posts weren't showing up; you are not being moderated. I have noticed a Google glitch where recent posts do not show up in "Discussion" view but do show up in "Home" view. I'm not sure why that is.
On Jan 13, 11:11�am, "J.C." <[email protected]> wrote: > Sorry...my posts weren't showing up; feel free to delete the extras. > > On Jan 13, 8:47�am, "J.C." <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > If you really want bad, just watch children's television. �I have been > > watching some of the shows with my youngest; these are not like > > SpongeBob or Chowder; these are supposedly educational programs. > > > A lot of these shows completely reinforce stereotypical gender roles; > > yesterday, poor Fritzie had to listen to me go on for about a 1/2 hour > > about one show - Daddy was out working and bringing home the honey > > while Mommy was in her straight out of 1886 dress baking a pie. �It > > really drives me nuts. > > > But then again, so do shows like Rock of Love with Brett Michaels > > which show women to be nothing but mindless skanks. > > > All I know is I want my girls to realize that they do have options and > > choices, that they don't have to be weak, and that it is ok for them > > to be strong and able to defend themselves. �Like Mike, I've taught my > > girls to box, and in the summers, they work outside with me moving > > pipe. �Don't get me wrong; they are both very girly, and the youngest > > will go out to move waterlines wearing a dress with her irrigation > > boots. �But at least they know they can take care of themselves. > > > On Jan 13, 8:11�am, wncs <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Moving onto a compound is next for these people, geez! > > > JC... excellent post! > > > > On Jan 13, 8:04 am, "florida mike �!" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Women's Liberation Through Submission: An Evangelical Anti-Feminism > > > > Is > > > > Bornhttp://www.truthout.org/011209WA > > > > This October, more than 6,000 women gathered in Chicago for the True > > > > Woman Conference '08: a stadium-style event to promote what its > > > > proponents call biblical womanhood, complementarianism, or - most > > > > bluntly - the patriarchy movement. > > > > > Women gathering to support the patriarchy movement? It's > > > > evangelical counterculture at its most contrarian. > > > > > The Associated Baptist Press explains the relationship of > > > > biblical > > > > womanhood to feminism, highlighting an ambitious initiative that > > > > arose > > > > from the meeting: a signature-drive seeking 100,000 women to endorse > > > > its "True Woman Manifesto," which, the ABP writes, aims "at sparking > > > > a > > > > counter-revolution to the feminist movement of the 1960s." > > > > > To outside observers of the patriarchy movement, the starkness of > > > > the calls for gender hierarchy often seem amusingly outdated (not to > > > > mention historically misleading: feminist blogs Feministing and > > > > Pandagon have deftly dismantled some of the speakers' "Leave it to > > > > Beaver" idealizations of the 1950s as a time when women were > > > > universally protected). > > > > > For the rest of Kathryn Joyce's exploration of evangelical anti- > > > > feminism, please click here.- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
