Thank you for taking the opportunity to make this point. You are right that women have taken on many of these endeavors in a variety of cultures and times – on their own, with other women, beside men, and behind men, sometimes secretly as was the case with Virginia Woolf and others. Montana, where we live now, is full of historical stori…
Thank you for taking the opportunity to make this point. You are right that women have taken on many of these endeavors in a variety of cultures and times – on their own, with other women, beside men, and behind men, sometimes secretly as was the case with Virginia Woolf and others. Montana, where we live now, is full of historical stories about the achievements of women, and we know many women who have been incredibly successful taking on the same mentioned endeavors. I only really meant that statement from the vantage point of my son, whose friends’ parents for the most part follow traditional roles, and when they ask Morgan about what it’s like to have two moms and no father they are often surprised at all that we’ve done, are doing and have built. So he’s proud and doesn’t feel less than his friends whose fathers have provided for their families and do the kinds of things that we have done and do. As a side note, I recently became aware of a new emerging trend in youth culture of “trad girls” or “trad wives” – those young women who present a traditional look and embrace stereotypical traditional roles, like homemaker. Suddenly, this has a growing appeal to some young men. Jeez, will we ever find a nice balance? I felt as a young woman in the 80's and 90's we were close to achieving that balance and I was able to strike that balance in my past relationships with men.
Thank you for taking the opportunity to make this point. You are right that women have taken on many of these endeavors in a variety of cultures and times – on their own, with other women, beside men, and behind men, sometimes secretly as was the case with Virginia Woolf and others. Montana, where we live now, is full of historical stories about the achievements of women, and we know many women who have been incredibly successful taking on the same mentioned endeavors. I only really meant that statement from the vantage point of my son, whose friends’ parents for the most part follow traditional roles, and when they ask Morgan about what it’s like to have two moms and no father they are often surprised at all that we’ve done, are doing and have built. So he’s proud and doesn’t feel less than his friends whose fathers have provided for their families and do the kinds of things that we have done and do. As a side note, I recently became aware of a new emerging trend in youth culture of “trad girls” or “trad wives” – those young women who present a traditional look and embrace stereotypical traditional roles, like homemaker. Suddenly, this has a growing appeal to some young men. Jeez, will we ever find a nice balance? I felt as a young woman in the 80's and 90's we were close to achieving that balance and I was able to strike that balance in my past relationships with men.