tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post4262546642494525302..comments2024-03-29T01:07:30.224-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: How to Be a Good WifeStuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-29155075664678488652010-04-01T21:05:16.629-07:002010-04-01T21:05:16.629-07:00If my memory of Anglo-Saxon language studies is st...If my memory of Anglo-Saxon language studies is still any good, "wereman" meant man and "wyfman" meant woman. <br /><br />In other words to denude our language of the suffix "man" is inane. Its Anglo-Saxon root phrase meant "human."<br /><br />Yuck - there's that oppressive three letter slur to women. Oops, there it is again!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-53161611068870498142010-03-29T15:32:43.763-07:002010-03-29T15:32:43.763-07:00It reminds me of a story I read some years back th...It reminds me of a story I read some years back that some women of the feminist persuasion decided to get upset at being referred to as "ladies". I don't recall the particulars of what they thought was offensive in being called a lady, but there you have it.Kurthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10367631459218660529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-78526877794427570982010-03-29T12:18:17.415-07:002010-03-29T12:18:17.415-07:00Of course, I agree that adolescents are perfectly ...Of course, I agree that adolescents are perfectly charming when they invent new words and expressions for their own experience. I don't much worry about it because it seems normal.<br /><br />The feminist effort to change the language feels to me of a different order. Feminists are adults, not children, and they insist that everyone use pronouns the way they want, or else... you get accused of being sexist or get your reports downgraded or get your books reviewed negatively.<br /><br />What bothers me more is that once a word like "wife" becomes a new four-letter word, too many women who want to be good feminists believe that they must change their behavior and the way they conduct their marriages in order to conform to the linguistic reality.Stuart Schneidermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-62644271367406543832010-03-29T10:30:05.567-07:002010-03-29T10:30:05.567-07:00I had to laugh at your last line, having been an A...I had to laugh at your last line, having been an American who's been perceived as just plain weird in a number of countries.<br /><br />I agree that language is a marketplace phenomenon. It often evolves to meet the needs of groups who seek to differentiate themselves. Adolescents rebelling against authority are probably the most common example, and the terms they create often manage to express something new and different about their experience. I find it enriching, and oppose any attempt to quash it. Feminists do this a lot, though they also try to promote their own terms into the mainstream.Susan Walshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01984275712518966508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-26483735710385584302010-03-28T18:47:54.005-07:002010-03-28T18:47:54.005-07:00As a husband of 22 years (with the same woman that...As a husband of 22 years (with the same woman that is), I'd like to make a few observations. 1) Feminism is a scam. The aim is to dispossess men from their natural biological role - namely to produce and protect offspring. 2) Feminism aims to replace the actual male husband with the state - treating men as second class humans and taxing them into submission. 3) Now that women have the vote the Feminists want to vote money out of men's wallets and into womens'. They want to buy protection from the state (e.g. police) rather than have to rely on those icky husbands they've neutered into submission.4) In the long run, it's not going to work. Men have wised up to the bad deal, and are voting with their dicks. They get the sex they want and refuse to "commit."RKVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00287245520458090702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-77817941903603149422010-03-28T15:15:07.246-07:002010-03-28T15:15:07.246-07:00Yes. Dainty too.
Somebody could make a fortune st...Yes. Dainty too.<br /><br />Somebody could make a fortune starting a business called "Wives for Hire (Sex Not Included)"vanderleunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10296245324443413545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-31520545792866067302010-03-28T14:43:59.497-07:002010-03-28T14:43:59.497-07:00Logically impeccable, don't you think?Logically impeccable, don't you think?Stuart Schneidermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-57514945920854742872010-03-28T12:59:34.278-07:002010-03-28T12:59:34.278-07:00Allow me to ferret out the hidden poetry:
Young w...Allow me to ferret out the hidden poetry:<br /><br />Young women want to get married.<br />Young women want to be brides.<br />You women want to be mothers,<br />But they do not want to be wives.vanderleunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10296245324443413545noreply@blogger.com