Gender Studies - April 2007

Women who dont work and have never really had a job irritate me because they are always bragging on themselves.
It may be because I have worked and raised 2 kids with no father. He had a fling and I ended up winging it on my own. It was not a choice unless of course I lived on welfare. Do these homemakers who do such a great job think women should go on welfare to stay at home with their kids? Is it that important?
Do you know anyone who is a homemaker and what do you think of them?

2007-04-23 14:36:06 · 12 answers · asked by happydawg 6

First let me just say that however someone else chooses to live is not my business. I wondered though what you think about Sylphide's assertion that she is ''a normal young woman''? http://www.sylphide.de/estart.htm

The lady has a 17 inch waist (obviously not naturally) and states:

" It should be normal to wear a corset. My boyfriend already admired my naturally small waist and he often dreamed of how it would be if it was even smaller."

"I think that it allows other ladies to lace without to be connected with prostitution. "

""Often I didn't want to get up in the morning because of the lacing and the resulting unpleasant feeling. Therefore I started wearing the corset day and night."

"you save a lot of money by wearing corsets, you're going to attract even more attention than with most expensive clothing!"

"I wear my corset permanently and even feel a bit uncomfortable without it. "

Mentally disturbed or a 'normal' young woman??

2007-04-23 13:56:17 · 29 answers · asked by Amidalek 2

Men don't seem so obsessed like this. If women consider themselves "equal" why is the guy's earning potential so important? What does this demonstrate?

2007-04-23 11:56:17 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

Exactly when did the notion arise that women were once treated as property? It is a very curious concept that a human was once treated as a sheep. I am inclined to disagree with this because said "property" had certain rights even in the ancient eras.

All in all, I have two questions:

1) Where is the proof that women were ever regarded as property? (Objective evidence, not feminist rhetoric, please, and note the cultures in which this occurred.)
2) Exactly when did this "tradition" stop?

I was under the assumption that women have ALWAYS been recognized as human beings and not as property, although they were governed by different social customs and rules.

2007-04-23 09:53:28 · 15 answers · asked by Robinson0120 4

2007-04-23 08:08:12 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Driving myself mad with obsessive thoughts about my boyfriend and his infidelity. Not sleeping well., haunted by images, waking up with the haunting images in the forefront of my consciousness...you know all the symptoms one gets from brokenheart disease. I'm so disappointed :( Why are affairs of the heart so difficult? Could you please lend some words of encouragement? I haven't anyone to talk to.

2007-04-23 04:30:40 · 10 answers · asked by Sereny 3

He fosters mistrust and envy among the women to make them fight with each other so none of them get too strong and threaten his supervisor position. Is this the oldest trick in the book? Why are the ladies so blind that they cant see this???

2007-04-23 01:14:08 · 14 answers · asked by Donna 1

that they did not want to have? if a woman is given reproductive rights , shouldn't a man also have these same rights? I know some people feel he should ave thought of that before he had sex, but then shouldnt a women have to think of the consequences before she has sex also. why is it fair that the woman determines whether the man will be a father or not. and for those that say its because the woman caries the child, then do you think it would be fair to have the fact that women carry children be held against them?

Personally I think any man that doesnt support a child he created is not a man at all, but my question is should he be LEGALLY responsible when he has no reproductive rights.

2007-04-22 16:26:56 · 26 answers · asked by jim_2ooo 2

Because I'm afraid it makes me a freaky perv. None of my friends talk about this stuff so I don't know if they do or not. I've only ever had one, but still does that make me weird? I know guys have them all the time and that's ok, but is it weird when a girl does?

2007-04-22 16:02:39 · 16 answers · asked by pookie 3

if a guy actually puts on his wife's or girlfriend's panties just for some kinky bedroom fun? Are there any women out there who actually let their guy do this once in a while? Is it somehing thats becoming more accpetable? Can it ever be a turn on for the woman involved?

2007-04-22 14:22:05 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

Women claim they want equality in all cases but is it true or no. For long women have fought for the right for sexual harassment and domestic violence to be against the law but at the same time want to do the same to men and expect them to take it and not report it. Two women fought for the right to work in the workforce but still want the option to work or not to work but have a problem with men not working. Three women want to be considered to be players like men when they sleep around yet they dont want the pressure that is put on men to sleep around and be teased if they are still a virgin. They also dont want to be forced by society to make the move on a man or flirt with him but would rather want the man to do it. So am I wrong or do women really only want equality when it benefits them?

2007-04-22 12:32:00 · 16 answers · asked by UVIHope 1

2007-04-22 12:17:43 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

There is a certain feminist on this board who loves to speak of "substantive equality." She seems to use it to refer to "standards." Her argument tends to hold that because women and minorities have been excluded from upper strata of society (particularly decision making), they should be allowed to make their own rules and regulations that are SEPARATE from the current standards and regulations.

She gives a certain example in which cultural questions on a test which had nothing to do with the material were removed because minorities were not familiar with the culture. This is obviously fair, as the test is an aptitude test, but this feminist also advocates different military standards for different groups. (I am not truly certain of the extent of this inane system, however- you will have to ask her yourself if when she replies if you want more information.)

My question: Is this not a completely ludicrous concept? Standards ensure quality and competence.

2007-04-22 04:16:40 · 12 answers · asked by Robinson0120 4

I asked 2 questions regarding reproductive choice and the overwhelming majority of responses were it is a personal choice *until one needs public money to feed/raise the child.*
Question 1: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AsQb7ic0DsmtFwKEUebXPGjsy6IX?qid=20070421191448AAbPf9l
Question 2:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AiobcwaaEp.piiATGUdfv5zsy6IX?qid=20070421193623AASrGXX


If people feel that reproductive choices are so personal, then why do they get in an uproar about abortion? Isn’t abortion simply one more reproductive choice? For all you logicians out there:
Reproductive choice = Personal decision
Abortion = Reproductive choice
THERFORE:
Abortion = Personal choice

Before you answer, think about how many abortions are done to prevent a child from being born to a woman who does not have the financial resources to support it.
If it is a personal choice only until the need for government assistance, then are you saying a pregnant woman in poverty should be *required* to have an abortion to avoid having yet another person grow up on the welfare system? Please explain.

If you commented on childbearing in relation to the need for public assistance in my previous question, I want to hear from you on this.

A couple of facts to help you with your answer:
89% of abortions are done prior to the 12th week of gestation, when the pregnancy is in the EMBRYO stage, and clearly would not survive outside the womb.

48% of all abortions in America are given to women with incomes less than $30,000.
http://www.abortionno.org/Resources/fastfacts.html

2007-04-22 04:04:40 · 11 answers · asked by not yet 7

choose between a or b!! (:

a) a boring submissive woman who does whatever you tell her to

b) a strong, sexy, independent woman who has her own opinions

2007-04-22 02:29:37 · 16 answers · asked by pinksugar 1

when can it be done away with ?

2007-04-22 01:41:21 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-04-22 00:25:34 · 26 answers · asked by angiemc 1

aside from being short, what do women think about this issue? Men love to see women wiggle their hips. would certain types of women find it degrading? i.e. career women, military women, etc..

2007-04-21 13:15:41 · 34 answers · asked by Anonymous

What do you all think about how pregnancy affects the female condition? Part of the reason (if not most of the reason) why women haven't created as many works of art/innovations as males in the past has been pregnancy/childcare.

Since there is little that can be done to change this on the whole as women must continue to have children if the human race is to survive, do you think this will be a major factor in constant inequality between men and women?

By inequality I refer mainly to things like the wage gap, inventions, etc. All responses are welcome.

2007-04-21 12:58:33 · 7 answers · asked by Robinson0120 4

From another Yahoo! Answer
"i guess she doing it for her own image and sometimes "catering" white people improves your image sad to say it works...look @ her now a billionare and all she did was work hard and cater to the people she know she can munipulate and put her name on (if you know what i mean)"

i mean, what makes her so special? why is she "powerful"?

2007-04-21 11:24:10 · 8 answers · asked by i.give 1

2007-04-21 09:15:27 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

to define the role of being a "woman"- yesterday, today, and tomorrow... Stereotypes – made feminism sound bad - the word that actually means something is now turned into a meaningless label / the adaptation of the word for a new purpose --- Reclaiming the word??? --- how to make it better???

2007-04-21 05:45:43 · 32 answers · asked by WM 2

2007-04-21 04:12:34 · 22 answers · asked by Fateyn 1

2007-04-20 20:31:11 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

Indian women eat less than men, but American women want to always compete with their men and want to eat same amount...they get fat...but always compete ...is this why indian women have become so thin and hot and american women obese?

2007-04-20 14:39:44 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-04-20 12:25:44 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-04-20 08:21:13 · 4 answers · asked by Garrett G 1

2007-04-20 08:11:26 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-04-20 01:08:36 · 8 answers · asked by love t 1

Can you really say there are no gender differences, knowing that girls don't shoot up schools?

2007-04-19 22:17:53 · 30 answers · asked by Sabrina H 4