Lech- I agree conversation should be open and honest. The problem was that a lot of stuff was said, in the name of being open and honest, that actually wasn’t. It was venting and denigrating. People got hurt- those weren’t honest conversations, they were excuses to insult.
Same thing with women’s rights and wiring. You are right- women are wired differently but the problem was using that to keep us from our full potential. And I am sorry but despite different wiring, the differences are not so extreme that a women can’t do what a man can on the job. The only place I would hesitate is with jobs that require extreme physical strength and lives depend on it. Firefighting, for example. I am not sure how many women could run up 5 flights of stairs carrying that amount of weight on their backs (at least 80 lbs) or carry a 180 lb man out of a house on fire. Still- there are many excellent female firefighters on the job, bless ’em!
gem: attack? sorry you thought it so, I did not call you a man, but did call you curmudgeonly because you thought block parties should bs shortened. And (imsr) you do complain about cyclists. If I have the wrong person, my apologies.
jessie, he does because it’s the law. He has not a few times, no doubt influenced by me, as Ive told him that kids the world over don’t (except in super-nanny-state Australia, where even adults are required to)
There’s a sea between Ireland & England…
My mother was a child psychologist & responded to new ideas about child raising w/: Fads come & go but children are still the same as they were.
My son does not notice gay couples as being different, since he has always around them (including attending a couple of weddings). He does understand that not everyone thinks that way, and there are struggles going on.
We had talked about drugs and alcohol and in honest (if age appropriate) manner.
He really does not seem to notice race. Everyone at school is his friend, and when we he describes his friends skin tone never comes up. He will mention if they are from another country, but not with any judgment.
We do always make him wear a helmet on a bike or scooter. There is no real downside in doing so other than the coolness factor.
Go suck a fuck, randi.
Wow cmu. And I refrained from saying something snarky about taking the train from Dublin to London.
The world must truly be coming to an end.
Lech- I agree conversation should be open and honest. The problem was that a lot of stuff was said, in the name of being open and honest, that actually wasn’t. It was venting and denigrating. People got hurt- those weren’t honest conversations, they were excuses to insult.
Same thing with women’s rights and wiring. You are right- women are wired differently but the problem was using that to keep us from our full potential. And I am sorry but despite different wiring, the differences are not so extreme that a women can’t do what a man can on the job. The only place I would hesitate is with jobs that require extreme physical strength and lives depend on it. Firefighting, for example. I am not sure how many women could run up 5 flights of stairs carrying that amount of weight on their backs (at least 80 lbs) or carry a 180 lb man out of a house on fire. Still- there are many excellent female firefighters on the job, bless ’em!
you guys are boring today. no offense.
gem: attack? sorry you thought it so, I did not call you a man, but did call you curmudgeonly because you thought block parties should bs shortened. And (imsr) you do complain about cyclists. If I have the wrong person, my apologies.
lech, this is getting downright scary. I agree with you about over-PC-ness.
jessie, he does because it’s the law. He has not a few times, no doubt influenced by me, as Ive told him that kids the world over don’t (except in super-nanny-state Australia, where even adults are required to)
There’s a sea between Ireland & England…
My mother was a child psychologist & responded to new ideas about child raising w/: Fads come & go but children are still the same as they were.
My son does not notice gay couples as being different, since he has always around them (including attending a couple of weddings). He does understand that not everyone thinks that way, and there are struggles going on.
We had talked about drugs and alcohol and in honest (if age appropriate) manner.
He really does not seem to notice race. Everyone at school is his friend, and when we he describes his friends skin tone never comes up. He will mention if they are from another country, but not with any judgment.
We do always make him wear a helmet on a bike or scooter. There is no real downside in doing so other than the coolness factor.