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Re: New 2000.2 catalogue - sexism rules OK?
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lugnet.loc.au
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Tue, 20 Jun 2000 05:59:52 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, Peter White writes:
> My mother-in-law thinks it strange that I do all the cooking.
My husband does all the cooking at our house too. I am a lousy cook, he's
a very good cook so it makes sense, although only to us it seems. In fact
when I was still working we split all the household chores 50/50 including
baby care. Since I've been at home (I quit work 2 years ago when our son
was almost 3 to spend more time with him and less time completely stressed
out) I do more of the housework but by no means all, and I still don't
cook. The reaction when people find out that not only does hubby "do
real work all day" (their words) but then comes home and cooks the evening
meal too is incredible to say the least, it's certainly not a reaction in my
favour.
> We have bought my 2yo son a doll and his female 3yo cousin toy trucks and
> will continue to do so.
My son has trucks and tools etc (not to mention Lego) but also has baby
dolls, stuffed toys and even a dollhouse. The reaction to the dollhouse is
interesting - he got this for Christmas (aged 4.5) by his own choice over
a new bike. It's the older Fisher-Price one, all pink and "girly" (he chose
this over the newer bolder coloured one himself, he'd correctly noted that
it had more furniture, the colour was never an issue). This has pride of
place in the lounge and is obviously his as he's an only child so far.
Other mothers are generally really supportive and relate tales of their
own boys playing with their sister's Barbie dolls etc. Men are invariably
horrified (whether they've got their own children or not) and say things like
"well that will really embarrass him at his wedding, especially if you
mention he chose that over a bike". I honestly can't understand that
attitude in this day in age, especially from young, supposedly enlightened
people.
I have a Tonka truck put away for my next child and will be equally proud
to give this to a daughter as to a son (not to forget all the Lego!)
> But my son still builds guns out of Duplo blocks and points them at me,
> so as to what's hard-coded and what's not we'll never know.
Yes, despite the dollhouse, my son just loves talking about blowing things
up and what sort of trucks he's going to drive when he's a grown up.
> pete.w (who still gets stuck putting the garbage out)
For what it's worth, I put the garbage out :)
Deidre (apologising for the length and possibly off-topicness of this post)
drb@tasmail.com
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| (...) When I did 18 months of the Bachelor of Nursing course at UTS, people would always ask "why are you doing nursing" (not staff or students). My mother-in-law thinks it strange that I do all the cooking. We have bought my 2yo son a doll and his (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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