I agree with the ghetto-ization of childhood. One reason I favor
homeschooling. The thing with women being women's worst enemies in soem
ways, well, there may be something to that. Have thought that before.
On Jan 11, 2008 10:44 AM, Dinner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Jan 11, 2008 7:01 AM, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > really. A lot of places I have worked allow in small doses. However, if
> a
> > guy does it he is a good family man. If a woman does it (more than maybe
> > once) she is too disorganized to set up proper daycare. Since this is an
> > overwhelmingly male list I will probably get some disagreement on this,
> but
> > it is true, nonetheless.
>
> 90% of my career has been with 90% women. Education and childcare...
> not as many men, ya know?
>
> We used to have little runts running around our office all the time--
> we have cable, for receiving certain courses or something, but it has
> like discovery or whatever channels too, and we didn't mind watching
> out language while around them, answering little questions. They were
> all well behaved, though, and it wasn't any big deal.
>
> Oddly, when the next dean took over, this policy (or non-policy-- as I
> said, it wasn't a big deal) changed.
>
> I say oddly, because this dean is a woman. Guess that shows a mental
> bias (women should enjoy kids, or some meme like that), but the thing
> that it made me think about was:
>
> I think women are part of women's problem, ya know? This whole "I
> have to be hard, cuz I'm a chick, at work" idea, that is also a meme.
> Things of that nature.
>
> Sorta like how I think that a lot of the image problem is caused by
> women. Do men /really/ find that super-skinny bit attractive? Maybe,
> but the pressure from girls on other girls to look a certain way is
> harsh, man.
>
> Chicks can be vicious! :-)
>
> If a co-worker has a problem with it, that should be addressed, but
> part of our problem as a society is the lack of interweaving of old
> and young.
>
> We don't respect old people no mo, we don't want kids around while
> we're "doing stuff" ("researching" porn and making bombs or chemical
> warfare stuff should probably not be done around children, I'll give
> you that =]).
>
> I've always loved kids tho. Obviously, my inner child ain't too far
> below the surface, so it's probably logical. I like to talk to them
> like they're "real" people and whatnot-- but that's probably because I
> hung out with older kids when I was a kid, and appreciated the
> age-less-ness of the meeting of minds.
>
> Maybe it stems from knowing that we can excel far faster when
> surrounded with excellence, or something like that.
> Like how when you skate with better skaters, you get better
> faster, or ski with better skiers, you ski better faster... All
> generations should be learning off of/with all generations, is how I
> feel.
>
> How this translates to the work place is up for debate, but I really
> wish America was a little more "family friendly"...
>
> Eh. Carry on.
>
> --
> While one person hesitates because he feels inferior, the other is
> busy making mistakes and becoming superior.
> Henry C. Link
>
>
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