The world for women?

[MKx2]

Well, ya know damn good and well they'll cry foul if any male gets even CLOSE enough to leer and drool.

Brent, this whole gender equality thing really bothers me no end.  I have NO problem with mandatory registration for the draft.  In fact I honestly believe that all kids out of high school should serve their country for a year or so before embarking on a college education.  It would do a great big bunch toward maturing them, and as well might give them a bit of insight as to what career path they DON'T want to pursue.  It would probably also lessen the numbers of kids in college for onely a year or two before dropping out - they tend to waste the time of many educators who would be far better off devoting time to those students who are seriously interested in an education.

But all that aside (and I still believe in mandatory service without all this equal rights crap) ... in a perfect world we would be far more satisfied with the roles that our bodies were made for - and I'm speaking more on the female side.  For God's sake!  What is SO wrong with having children and staying home with them?  Why is it such a crime for men to be the providers?  If we get down to primal basics, men are hunters and providers, while women are gatherers and nurturers.  I realize I'm talking in terms of "the perfect world" however, somewhere along the line society has just gotten totally turned around.  Certainly I don't think what happens in the Middle East or other areas with the abuse of women is right, but then, neither is it the right thing in my mind for children to be shuffled off to daycare in the wee hours of the morning, coming home late and perhaps getting an hour of parenting time a day.

The bottom line in my mind is that our great society and those of some other countries have put the almighty dollar ahead of everything else, inflation has forced many women into the workplace, who otherwise would have been far more content with being the SAHM, all because we believe that the great American Dream of owning a home, having 2 cars and taking lovely 2 week vacations every year is what should be the norm.

I guess I'm just a dinosauer when it comes to these issues ... having gone through ERA, bra burning, having a child, working full-time and looking back, I would have gladly given up that damned Isuzu Rodeo, the Volvo Station Wagon, the expensive furniture my ex wanted, the skiing vacations every winter, and his every other year pilgrimage to the South Pacific with "the guys" in order to be able to stay home with my DS when he was little.  It is in retrospect with DS as a young adult now I realize how short that time was with him, and how as a parent my time would have been far better spent with him and caring for family and home.

What an old fuddy duddy I have become in the Golden Years.

[Peanutsdad]

LOL, as far as women going topless,,


My pb sports a pair of 38DD,, which she would rpoudly display to one and all. She has been known to gripe about the "inequality" of men being able to go shirtless, and she cant.

Unfortunately, she forgets, shes gained and lost weight so much, most men aint a-gonna oogle that pair. Lets just say, her skin didnt quite "snap" back into shape.

As far as the "perfect world" roles for men and women,, as far as I can remember, men didnt ask for the change, they merely provided the vehicle for which the modern liberated females drove the changes thru with.

It doesnt matter what we wish the perfect world would be, we have the world we have, with all its follies and blessings. Personally, I dont see it changing anytime soon. Perhaps in my grandchildrens time........

[MKx2]

PD - if you or anyone else took from what I wrote that men may have asked for the "change" in society that has taken place, I'm sorry.  I certainly didn't mean that at ALL!

Yeah ... I know we don't live in a perfect world.  We gotta live in the one we have, and I think for the most part, most of us do a decent job of it.

My whole point is that we, as a society, have allowed things to evolve the way they have, and for me, I think it is terribly sad.  The family unit has broken down and we are all much poorer, in many ways, for that.

Ya know, there's something about aging and gravity that seem to go hand in hand.  Now if there's one thing that isn't fair about being a female, I think I'll vote for that one - LOL

[Peanutsdad]

MK, that is EXACTLY my point. Society is MUCH the poorer for the changes.

[kiddosmom]

-----------She doesn't think it's fair that men can go topless, but not women. HELL-FRICKEN-O!!!! We have cajoobs! They are sex toys!!! That's why we don't go topless!!!! --------

The female chest may be sex toys, but guess what so are mens in one form or another. What female will ignore a well built males chest glistning with sweat or water from a beach???? What woman doesn't like to run her hands over her mans chest??? Some men have just as sensitive chests as females. Women stare at the male body just the same.

[1angrystepmom]

 >
>The female chest may be sex toys, but guess what so are mens
>in one form or another. What female will ignore a well built
>males chest glistning with sweat or water from a beach????
>What woman doesn't like to run her hands over her mans
>chest??? Some men have just as sensitive chests as females.
>Women stare at the male body just the same.

Ummm thanks for that mental picture ;)  

(I think I am on my way to take a cold shower, LOL)

Amber