Comments on: Speaking of copied posts… http://www.raisingmyboychick.com/2008/12/speaking-of-copied-posts/ Feminist thoughts inspired by parenting a presumably-straight white male Thu, 09 Sep 2010 22:33:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Who Own's a Woman's Body (Pt.1) | Finding Summer http://www.raisingmyboychick.com/2008/12/speaking-of-copied-posts/#comment-11646 Who Own's a Woman's Body (Pt.1) | Finding Summer Fri, 02 Jul 2010 14:06:39 +0000 http://www.raisingmyboychick.com/2008/12/speaking-of-copied-posts/#comment-11646 [...] Arwyn has a post about this from 2008 that hits this same thing. Each woman, when informed, is entirely capable of making choices for herself. Women do not like to add risk to their pregnancies, and given the choice will gladly make sacrifices (if they have the ability and the support needed) for the health of their babies. But they don’t like to be told they have to live like nuns — or like children! — and if they don’t they’re bad mothers, which is an insult on par with the n word in our society; especially when it is so absolutely clear both that it isn’t necessary to do all those things in order to bear a healthy child, and that society doesn’t really care about babies, or we wouldn’t allow thousands of pounds of mercury in to the air and water in the name of industry and profit, we wouldn’t allow lead in toys and paints and PVC, we wouldn’t blast rocket fuel and POPs and PCBs in to the atmosphere, we wouldn’t allow the marketing of formula, etc, etc… [...] [...] Arwyn has a post about this from 2008 that hits this same thing. Each woman, when informed, is entirely capable of making choices for herself. Women do not like to add risk to their pregnancies, and given the choice will gladly make sacrifices (if they have the ability and the support needed) for the health of their babies. But they don’t like to be told they have to live like nuns — or like children! — and if they don’t they’re bad mothers, which is an insult on par with the n word in our society; especially when it is so absolutely clear both that it isn’t necessary to do all those things in order to bear a healthy child, and that society doesn’t really care about babies, or we wouldn’t allow thousands of pounds of mercury in to the air and water in the name of industry and profit, we wouldn’t allow lead in toys and paints and PVC, we wouldn’t blast rocket fuel and POPs and PCBs in to the atmosphere, we wouldn’t allow the marketing of formula, etc, etc… [...]

]]> By: randomquorum http://www.raisingmyboychick.com/2008/12/speaking-of-copied-posts/#comment-860 randomquorum Thu, 20 Aug 2009 05:11:17 +0000 http://www.raisingmyboychick.com/2008/12/speaking-of-copied-posts/#comment-860 I know I'm very late here, but I just wanted to say WORD. This reminds me of my SiL who recently had a very healthy daughter. During her pregnancy, she refused to eat any cream, soft cheeses etc, for fear of listeria (I believe). Which is totally her choice. HOWEVER, here in Australia you simply cannot buy unpastureised dairy products - and the purpose of the pasturisation process is to kill nasties, including listeria. So all those times she was drooling over feta cheese were completely unneccessary and served no purpose other than making her a "good" mother. When I'm pregnant I fully intend to eat cream occasionally, because I've weighed up the risks - but you can bet there will be judgement. I know I’m very late here, but I just wanted to say WORD.

This reminds me of my SiL who recently had a very healthy daughter.
During her pregnancy, she refused to eat any cream, soft cheeses etc, for fear of listeria (I believe). Which is totally her choice. HOWEVER, here in Australia you simply cannot buy unpastureised dairy products – and the purpose of the pasturisation process is to kill nasties, including listeria.

So all those times she was drooling over feta cheese were completely unneccessary and served no purpose other than making her a “good” mother. When I’m pregnant I fully intend to eat cream occasionally, because I’ve weighed up the risks – but you can bet there will be judgement.

]]> By: blue milk http://www.raisingmyboychick.com/2008/12/speaking-of-copied-posts/#comment-106 blue milk Sun, 08 Feb 2009 13:15:00 +0000 http://www.raisingmyboychick.com/2008/12/speaking-of-copied-posts/#comment-106 Interesting post, thanks for letting me know about it. Interesting post, thanks for letting me know about it.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.raisingmyboychick.com/2008/12/speaking-of-copied-posts/#comment-11 Anonymous Fri, 02 Jan 2009 14:40:00 +0000 http://www.raisingmyboychick.com/2008/12/speaking-of-copied-posts/#comment-11 Thank you. <br/><br/>I don't think there is nearly enough discussion about this. I believe firmly that women do not become dependent incubators when they are pregnant, to be necessarily reduced to incompetent blundering selfish fools. <br/><br/>Of course, I've been called crazy for worse. Thank you.

I don’t think there is nearly enough discussion about this. I believe firmly that women do not become dependent incubators when they are pregnant, to be necessarily reduced to incompetent blundering selfish fools.

Of course, I’ve been called crazy for worse.

]]> By: Jenn http://www.raisingmyboychick.com/2008/12/speaking-of-copied-posts/#comment-8 Jenn Sun, 28 Dec 2008 01:28:00 +0000 http://www.raisingmyboychick.com/2008/12/speaking-of-copied-posts/#comment-8 "It seems to me that the fact that I have to explicate and explain that on a board full of basically intelligent, thoughtful women says something about the state of feminism today, and I don't think it's good news."<br/><br/>Word. Pretty frightening, really -- not just the lack of engagement around feminism, but the surprising ignorance of what feminist encompasses (and doesn't). “It seems to me that the fact that I have to explicate and explain that on a board full of basically intelligent, thoughtful women says something about the state of feminism today, and I don’t think it’s good news.”

Word. Pretty frightening, really — not just the lack of engagement around feminism, but the surprising ignorance of what feminist encompasses (and doesn’t).

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