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Bonobo

(29,257 posts)
Thu Mar 27, 2014, 05:59 AM Mar 2014

Good riddance!

to the old traditional idea that it's solely a father's job to work his life away and die an early death away from family and the children he has sired or adopted or raised as his own.

Bravo to the feminist movement for trying to get woman the freedom and equality that will allow them to pick up the slack.

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Good riddance! (Original Post) Bonobo Mar 2014 OP
they've come along way , baby leftyohiolib Mar 2014 #1
best move of my life was marrying a feminist a few decades ago Doctor_J Mar 2014 #2
Just FYI pecwae Mar 2014 #3
Crazy.. Upton Mar 2014 #5
Well, I'm taking the advice! KansDem May 2014 #23
Uh oh.... ProudToBeBlueInRhody Mar 2014 #6
Excellent! In_The_Wind Mar 2014 #8
....."snyde"? Warren DeMontague Mar 2014 #9
...and it's backhanded COMPLIMENT! the_working_poor Mar 2014 #12
Just going by the way the alert is written and the spelling... NaturalHigh Apr 2014 #18
Explanation: Alerter ...please smoke some good weed and chill L0oniX Mar 2014 #4
I didn't alert. I generally agree with the sentiment of your post but think the seaglass Mar 2014 #7
Yea, the "tone" was a little off. Eleanors38 May 2014 #22
I agree with the OP. Rec'd. Warren DeMontague Mar 2014 #10
Likely a matter of "seeing what they want to see," I would think. nomorenomore08 Mar 2014 #13
Yeah, my posts are apparently like the Da Vinci code, to some folks. Warren DeMontague Mar 2014 #14
I have sat here for two minutes playing with "my butt itches" to figure the code Autumn Apr 2014 #19
... LadyHawkAZ Apr 2014 #20
K&R westerebus Mar 2014 #11
Here's to the day when kdmorris Apr 2014 #15
It sounds like you practice what they preach. Bonobo Apr 2014 #16
Yep, and Love Green Day. RiffRandell Apr 2014 #17
I would've love if my ex-wife would've picked up some form of slack. Darkhawk32 May 2014 #21
And that only a mother can change diapers... the_working_poor Jun 2014 #24
 

Doctor_J

(36,392 posts)
2. best move of my life was marrying a feminist a few decades ago
Thu Mar 27, 2014, 08:03 AM
Mar 2014

for that very reason. I don't have the personality to carve out a spectacular business career. So we shared the provider side and the domestic side right down the middle, to the benefit of all. It's been a great life

pecwae

(8,021 posts)
3. Just FYI
Thu Mar 27, 2014, 08:49 AM
Mar 2014

On Thu Mar 27, 2014, 09:39 AM an alert was sent on the following post:

Good riddance!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/111413605

REASON FOR ALERT

This post is disruptive, hurtful, rude, insensitive, over-the-top, or otherwise inappropriate.

ALERTER'S COMMENTS

backhanded insult to feminists. this is a democratic board, one where you would think this type of snyde attitude toward feminists wouldn't exist or be tolerated....

You served on a randomly-selected Jury of DU members which reviewed this post. The review was completed at Thu Mar 27, 2014, 09:48 AM, and the Jury voted 0-6 to LEAVE IT.

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Juror #2 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: Alerter ...please smoke some good weed and chill
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Explanation: Alerter has to be looking very hard to be insulted. S/he might not want to browse the Men's Group in future.

 

the_working_poor

(34 posts)
12. ...and it's backhanded COMPLIMENT!
Fri Mar 28, 2014, 11:09 AM
Mar 2014

A backhanded insult is.. well just an insult DUH

On the Ironic side of things, my exwife who owns half her dad's business WANTED to be a stay-at-home mother, sadly biological and economic realities had other ideas...

but it seems like if we HAD the chance for her to stay at home she would have been attacked by the current wave of frothing at the mouth feminists (not to be confused with the 99% or 'normal' feminists)

People... CHOICE means being able to CHOOSE something YOU don't like, but the CHOOSER does. that's the beauty of the system. That's the wonderful part of freedom. not all choices are universally liked, but that's free choice.

NaturalHigh

(12,778 posts)
18. Just going by the way the alert is written and the spelling...
Fri Apr 4, 2014, 11:15 AM
Apr 2014

I would bet a bitcoin I know who sent it.

seaglass

(8,177 posts)
7. I didn't alert. I generally agree with the sentiment of your post but think the
Thu Mar 27, 2014, 09:45 AM
Mar 2014

wording was unnecessarily antagonistic.

 

Eleanors38

(18,318 posts)
22. Yea, the "tone" was a little off.
Thu May 29, 2014, 12:10 PM
May 2014

Women better make a lot more $ in the near future, way the economy looks.

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
14. Yeah, my posts are apparently like the Da Vinci code, to some folks.
Sun Mar 30, 2014, 04:41 AM
Mar 2014

I can say "my butt itches" and some people will be crunching the cabalistic significance of the letters involved to attempt to parse out the camouflaged insult or hidden meaning.

kdmorris

(5,649 posts)
15. Here's to the day when
Wed Apr 2, 2014, 08:26 PM
Apr 2014

men and women equally have the choice (both socially and financially) on what they want to do.

My husband has been the primary caretaker to our children for 17 years. We just had twin boys 9 months ago and he is still the primary caretaker. And he's pretty awesome at it, thank you very much. I just made more more than him, so he started staying home with them.

And then a bunch of jerks on DU think he's an MRA now because he disagrees with them.. pffttt whatever.

Darkhawk32

(2,100 posts)
21. I would've love if my ex-wife would've picked up some form of slack.
Wed May 28, 2014, 06:27 PM
May 2014

Now with family court loveliness, she slacks even more! OH JOY!!!

 

the_working_poor

(34 posts)
24. And that only a mother can change diapers...
Sat Jun 7, 2014, 11:34 AM
Jun 2014

I'm a field tech so I see a LOT of places (wal-marts especially lately) and one thing my feminist heart is glad to see is that in the large stalls, and most MEN'S rooms now, they have a place to change diapers, and sit (and buckle) kids, so that a single dad can BE a dad and look after his kids.

My chance to be a parent in a loving relationship has long since passed, but im really glad to see that attitudes are changing, however slowly, about met being able to take care of their own damned kids, alone, and that we don't NEED a woman to do that for us.

LOL who ever thought being 'allowed to change dirty diapers' would be considered a step in the right direction for equal right eh?

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