Friday, August 25, 2006

More at Forbes, In response to "Don't marry a career woman"

I present to you a thread by a user named "Karma"


The rebuttal totally missed the mark. There was no arguing of the evidence so I'm going to assume the evidence stands on its own merit.

In a nutshell, Noer targetted his message to the overacheiving men. Telling them that a happy marriage is not likely with an overacheiving women. Then he backed it up with evidence.

To all those women saying it's telling you to go back to the kitchen: well it doesn't at all. It's saying your choices have consequences.

I will concede that it was male-centric, so let's take a look at how the article would flow from the female perspective.

Ladies, marry fat, short, tall or handsome men but whatever you do don't marry a career man if you want a successful marriage. In fact studies show if you marry a man who makes less than you it won't work either.

There you feel better now? No? Okay well what do you want? Oh you want it all? Hold that thought, let's see what the guys want and see how we can compromise.

So guys what do you want from a women?
A loving wife who will create a sanctuary and nurture your children so they grow up as healthy responsible adults.

That's asking a lot guys what do you have to offer?
Just love, money and security? Sorry guys but women don't need that what else you got? Oh you'll cut back your hours and take care of the kids yourself.

Well the ladies don't date lazy bums. They will meet you half way though being fair and all. Just give up the kids and the sanctuary and we got a deal.

Sorry ladies guys said no deal, they did come back with a counter proposal though he's willing to let you work less. Oh your career is the most important thing in your life?


Focus sentence being this one here

To all those women saying it's telling you to go back to the kitchen: well it doesn't at all. It's saying your choices have consequences.

Which is the real problem. They don't want to have those consequences to their choices. They want no consequences at all. They want a man there to shoulder those instead. It has to be thier fault.
I love how he also called them on the nonsense that somehow this article is telling them all to stop having thier careers and that they deserve a choice.
Thing is, They do not want men to have a choice. They want men to flow with what THEY themselves want. They do not want men thinking for themselves. Another problem I had with my feminist teacher in the fouth grade. Unlike the other boys in the class I thought for myself. Of course anybody reading this doesn't know about any of that because I haven't got around to "blogging" those stories.

I better get on that shouldn't I?

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