/reasonable-creatureshow-did-that-rumor-get-started/ Art and media blog of the unexpected Wed, 17 Nov 2010 00:05:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 /reasonable-creatureshow-did-that-rumor-get-started/comment-page-1/#comment-20062 Marìa Fri, 27 Aug 2010 22:09:54 +0000 /?p=18388#comment-20062 I only remember the word/attitude "feminism" when someone tries to discriminate me/another woman because of my gender; I have never belonged to any feminist group and dislike many things about women in those groups; I read "The second sex" by Simone de Beauvoir when I had already experienced that truth thousand of times in my life, since I was the older sibling of 4, 3 boys the others, who enjoyed a freedom I was very far from having; motherhood is the main reason women do not have as much achievements as men, I guess; to be a mother and a grandma has taken almost all my energies and time in my life; it has given me wonderful moments, though, but not much time left for pursuing intellectual interests, which I have; many people, either men or women, lack that kind of interests, and that is the main point: education should take care that people can fulfill their inherent gifts, skills, talents, intelligence, and in the case of women should be explained to girls what it takes to be a good mother, so she can choose between work and children; I was a very young mother (21), my daughters about 25, now I would like my granddaughters wait until 30, to be able to really choose what they want. I only remember the word/attitude “feminism” when someone tries to discriminate me/another woman because of my gender; I have never belonged to any feminist group and dislike many things about women in those groups; I read “The second sex” by Simone de Beauvoir when I had already experienced that truth thousand of times in my life, since I was the older sibling of 4, 3 boys the others, who enjoyed a freedom I was very far from having; motherhood is the main reason women do not have as much achievements as men, I guess; to be a mother and a grandma has taken almost all my energies and time in my life; it has given me wonderful moments, though, but not much time left for pursuing intellectual interests, which I have; many people, either men or women, lack that kind of interests, and that is the main point: education should take care that people can fulfill their inherent gifts, skills, talents, intelligence, and in the case of women should be explained to girls what it takes to be a good mother, so she can choose between work and children; I was a very young mother (21), my daughters about 25, now I would like my granddaughters wait until 30, to be able to really choose what they want.

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