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Irene The Insomniac's avatar

it's all so depressing...

I think sometimes the whole feminist movement has been purposely highjacked and ramped up to ridiculous levels to allow the cascade of "anything goes"...

Your writing is beautiful Elizabeth, even when the subject matter is so utterly dark. Thank you.

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Ralph Ambrosio's avatar

This was a hard read. It took me a few times to get through it. Whew!

This all started when women were enticed into the workplace. Sure, there were always women who were better suited for the working world and not the home. God bless them. They should be free to follow their dreams. But my mother was home when I got home from school every day.

My sister and I were fed, cleaned, dressed, watched over, and checked for damage... physical, mental, and spiritual on an hourly basis. Hourly! My mother and father were so close in their everyday day life that you couldn't slide a peice of paper between them, and when one picked up a bad vibe...any bad vibe... they were on it.

Unauthorized Jack Knife in my sock drawer? "Where did you get this." Not a question.

Older guys handing out Playboy mags? "Where did this come from." Again, not a question.

Walk into the house smelling of cigarette smoke? Katie bar the door. Hell, I came in from a Jr high dance one night, and at breakfast the next morning, my mom asked who "the girl" was. Perfume got me, I guess.

When I became a parent and we got on the www, the computer was placed in the living room where either myself or my wife could see. My wife was home every day for our children...everyday. I worked to put food on the table. I was expected and respected. I am north of 70 and retired, and I still work, ok, not as much, but...

Raising children is so complicated that it takes two loving adults' attention, literally 24/7/365. It just does.

We knew when "something" was up because we were in our kids' lives. We still had troubles, of course. But grooming, trafficking, porn? We'd know, or die trying.

It's the family unit...Captain Obvious.

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