Week 6

Look to the post "Advertisement" made two weeks ago.

A few things stuck out to me in the F Word chapter on motherhood. On page 58 a woman is quoted as saying, "Being parents in a society that does not support parents is a huge concern for me." This is really interesting to me. It is true that the most of the workforce is not that helpful to expectant or new moms, but we do live in a society that values having a family. If someone does not get married or does not have kids they are looked down on and are often thought to kind of strange.

Also, the author makes a lot of comments in support of stay-at-home moms. I agree that they should be included in the census, but I think it is selfish for a stay-at-home mom to act like they work the hardest out of any other profession. What about the moms who work 8,9, 10 or even more hours a day, then come home to make dinner, help with homework, do laundry, run errands. When do they get the recognition that they deserve?

On the same line with motherhood, hooks makes a claim in Chapter 13 that "Women perpetuate this violence as much as men or more" (74). I do not necessarily disagree with, but that I wish had some substantiating evidence to back up.

Until next time,
Madison