Comments on: Art and Gender http://tammyvitale.com/art_and_gender/ Weaving It All Together Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:42:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Shan http://tammyvitale.com/art_and_gender/comment-page-1/#comment-2532 Shan Mon, 02 Oct 2006 15:26:57 +0000 http://d2018604.u291.foliopress.net/site/?p=526#comment-2532 <p>Sorry about the lack of a link to Ed's site. I was a lazy blogger that day. I love his posts and and agree with your thoughts on his writing.</p> Sorry about the lack of a link to Ed's site. I was a lazy blogger that day. I love his posts and and agree with your thoughts on his writing.

]]> By: Anne http://tammyvitale.com/art_and_gender/comment-page-1/#comment-2531 Anne Fri, 29 Sep 2006 17:44:37 +0000 http://d2018604.u291.foliopress.net/site/?p=526#comment-2531 <p>Oh, the "old" days, when a woman's income wasn't counted when buying a house because it was assumed that she was only working "temporarily". Or, when women had to take pregnancy tests as a condition of employment (and if you were, you didn't get hired. How about living in a society where you had to leave work at 5 months if you were pregnant and there was no guaranty that your job would be there. Or, perhaps, my personal favorite, when the government asked women to sign a statement guaranteeing that they would not become pregnant or would terminate a pregnancy in order to get their income counted when buying a home. Yes, times have changed and for the "second wave" of feminists, this is ancient history, but just remember - those who fail to learn from history are destined to repeat it. There are factions in the "Pro Life" movement that want to make birth control illegal. </p> <p>Feminism is important, but as part of that, men need to be liberated from their "John Wayne" existence as well. It's not fair to them, and it perpeutates the "helpless" image of women (anyone who has given birth can tell you - women are strong!). </p> <p> </p> Oh, the "old" days, when a woman's income wasn't counted when buying a house because it was assumed that she was only working "temporarily". Or, when women had to take pregnancy tests as a condition of employment (and if you were, you didn't get hired. How about living in a society where you had to leave work at 5 months if you were pregnant and there was no guaranty that your job would be there. Or, perhaps, my personal favorite, when the government asked women to sign a statement guaranteeing that they would not become pregnant or would terminate a pregnancy in order to get their income counted when buying a home. Yes, times have changed and for the "second wave" of feminists, this is ancient history, but just remember – those who fail to learn from history are destined to repeat it. There are factions in the "Pro Life" movement that want to make birth control illegal.

Feminism is important, but as part of that, men need to be liberated from their "John Wayne" existence as well. It's not fair to them, and it perpeutates the "helpless" image of women (anyone who has given birth can tell you – women are strong!).

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