Comments on: Where Has Femininity Gone? http://catholicdiscussion.wordpress.com/2008/03/01/where-has-femininity-gone/ The Musings of a Wandering Knight Wed, 30 Dec 2009 07:57:57 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Tatiana L. http://catholicdiscussion.wordpress.com/2008/03/01/where-has-femininity-gone/#comment-5762 Tatiana L. Mon, 16 Feb 2009 23:22:12 +0000 http://catholicdiscussion.wordpress.com/?p=252#comment-5762 Um, wait a minute. It's true that most of the great philosophers were men. However, I am an aspiring theologian/philosopher and wish to have some great works among <b>men</b>. This post is saying that it's not okay for me (I'm a woman!) to do this and that I should stay at home and be a homemaker. That doesn't make any sense if I can reach that potential. Also, should we stay at home and become homemakers? The thing is, women can have jobs and still be feminine and nurturing. It's as if this post is saying that we can't do that. And if a job lets me work to that God-given potential, then so be it! Indeed, please address the conflict between being an intelligent person who can get a good-paying job and being forced to stay as a homemaker. I'm just saying. . . . Indeed, I do understand the need for gender roles. But I can't accept them if that means I'm not going to be able to use the gifts that God gave me (especially since I have "manly" qualities like analysis, logic, and toughness <i>as well</i> as being motherly). It's not as if God gave me useless gifts -- especially if they can help the Church. Um, wait a minute. It’s true that most of the great philosophers were men. However, I am an aspiring theologian/philosopher and wish to have some great works among men. This post is saying that it’s not okay for me (I’m a woman!) to do this and that I should stay at home and be a homemaker.

That doesn’t make any sense if I can reach that potential. Also, should we stay at home and become homemakers? The thing is, women can have jobs and still be feminine and nurturing. It’s as if this post is saying that we can’t do that. And if a job lets me work to that God-given potential, then so be it! Indeed, please address the conflict between being an intelligent person who can get a good-paying job and being forced to stay as a homemaker.

I’m just saying. . . . Indeed, I do understand the need for gender roles. But I can’t accept them if that means I’m not going to be able to use the gifts that God gave me (especially since I have “manly” qualities like analysis, logic, and toughness as well as being motherly). It’s not as if God gave me useless gifts — especially if they can help the Church.

]]> By: fred http://catholicdiscussion.wordpress.com/2008/03/01/where-has-femininity-gone/#comment-5683 fred Mon, 19 Jan 2009 04:05:53 +0000 http://catholicdiscussion.wordpress.com/?p=252#comment-5683 "I am a woman.... Life, for me, is not about being a woman. " Huh? "I am thoroughly offended by this post." That's nice. So what. "I respect myself as a Person." And we don't?! He made them male and female - that's what it's about. I guess the sciences are no longer safe from disordered thought... “I am a woman…. Life, for me, is not about being a woman. ”
Huh?

“I am thoroughly offended by this post.”
That’s nice. So what.

“I respect myself as a Person.”
And we don’t?!

He made them male and female – that’s what it’s about.
I guess the sciences are no longer safe from disordered thought…

]]> By: Eadg7 http://catholicdiscussion.wordpress.com/2008/03/01/where-has-femininity-gone/#comment-5626 Eadg7 Sat, 10 Jan 2009 05:50:40 +0000 http://catholicdiscussion.wordpress.com/?p=252#comment-5626 I am a woman currently taking classes in Molecular Environmental Biology at UC Berkeley. I would also like to add that I'm working on a minor in Religious Studies as well. That said, I am thoroughly offended by this post. Attempting to correlate my gender, or my sex for that matter, with my intellect is assinine. When my nose is buried in my molecular biology textbook I am not bothered by a lack of testosterone. When I discuss the newest theories of ecology with my friends (also female) my particular form of genitalia does not cross my mind. When I win at Scrabble and chess against my boyfriend it is not an exhausting attempt to keep up. It is simply who I am. I respect myself as a Person. I expect those around me to do so as well, if I am deserving. This is a personal account I would like all of you to consider. Life, for me, is not about being a woman. It is about being alive. I am a woman currently taking classes in Molecular Environmental Biology at UC Berkeley. I would also like to add that I’m working on a minor in Religious Studies as well. That said, I am thoroughly offended by this post. Attempting to correlate my gender, or my sex for that matter, with my intellect is assinine. When my nose is buried in my molecular biology textbook I am not bothered by a lack of testosterone. When I discuss the newest theories of ecology with my friends (also female) my particular form of genitalia does not cross my mind. When I win at Scrabble and chess against my boyfriend it is not an exhausting attempt to keep up. It is simply who I am. I respect myself as a Person. I expect those around me to do so as well, if I am deserving. This is a personal account I would like all of you to consider. Life, for me, is not about being a woman. It is about being alive.

]]> By: Master Paul Xavier http://catholicdiscussion.wordpress.com/2008/03/01/where-has-femininity-gone/#comment-5580 Master Paul Xavier Wed, 31 Dec 2008 01:01:58 +0000 http://catholicdiscussion.wordpress.com/?p=252#comment-5580 Being a mother is like being a teacher. Rearing her children in the one True Faith. Being a mother is like being a teacher. Rearing her children in the one True Faith.

]]> By: MJ http://catholicdiscussion.wordpress.com/2008/03/01/where-has-femininity-gone/#comment-5565 MJ Tue, 30 Dec 2008 02:00:22 +0000 http://catholicdiscussion.wordpress.com/?p=252#comment-5565 I don't think Miss Rose is trying to say women are less than men. Here's the point, women are genetically different than men. Our bodies our built different, our minds are built different. We aren't the same. I'm fine to say, yes I can be in the Army, but no I'd rather not. We may like to believe the lie that men and women are the same but this just isn't true. In the Army women have different Physical Training requierements to men, if this is equality then I don't understand. If we truelly are the same shouldn't we be the same in everything, if we have one standard for a man and another for a woman how can we still say that we are the same. Genetically women have a different job then men, women have the means to carry a child, something a man could never do. I am happy to say that even though I have grown up in a feministic society I am happy to have the dream to be a teacher, wife and mother. I could pursue a high scale career like a doctor or lawyer, but I know I wouldn't enjoy it. I don’t think Miss Rose is trying to say women are less than men. Here’s the point, women are genetically different than men. Our bodies our built different, our minds are built different. We aren’t the same. I’m fine to say, yes I can be in the Army, but no I’d rather not. We may like to believe the lie that men and women are the same but this just isn’t true. In the Army women have different Physical Training requierements to men, if this is equality then I don’t understand. If we truelly are the same shouldn’t we be the same in everything, if we have one standard for a man and another for a woman how can we still say that we are the same.

Genetically women have a different job then men, women have the means to carry a child, something a man could never do.
I am happy to say that even though I have grown up in a feministic society I am happy to have the dream to be a teacher, wife and mother. I could pursue a high scale career like a doctor or lawyer, but I know I wouldn’t enjoy it.

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