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Comment on Looking Forward by Chrissy

Chrissy — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 04:21:52 +0000

It was, Wylie. Don’t let her make you believe otherwise.

P.s. I hear this wedding in Dallas, Texas is going to be pretty kick-ass. So I hear.

Comment on Looking Forward by wylie

wylie — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:12:48 +0000

and all this time i thought your thesis was a guise for hatred of us

Comment on chick lass babe broad dame doll lady WOMAN by transfarmer

transfarmer — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:29:42 +0000

ok so ive been thinking about this whole thing and i wonder if part of the hesitancy of single women to call themselves women is because deep down they desire care and protection from other people (not because they are women but because they are human). They are crap at asking for this, and also they belive the lie that a man will remove this need, but until then we call ourselves girls because it permits us to need that kind of care and protection and maybe even communicates that need. I dont think this is a good thing by the way, i’m just trying to honestly observe what i see. we need to move away from the idea that to say woman is not to say needless or completly self-sufficient. maybe i’m talkin a loada bollocks. i’ll probably change my mind in 10 mins.

Comment on chick lass babe broad dame doll lady WOMAN by Chrissy

Chrissy — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:05:40 +0000

Excellent thoughts, Claire-woman.

I had a moment, when I was about 21 years old, where I realized that my parents were correct about many things and had feelings/emotions. I, too, had been living on my own for quite some time, but knowing both my dad and mom as allies and friends really shifted the ways that I cared for them AND allowed me to see myself as a whole woman. Not sure if those were my “rights of passage”, but those moments with my parents stay with me.

(P.S. Don’t click on my blog link. I haven’t posted on it in AGES. I’m a lame woman.)

Comment on chick lass babe broad dame doll lady WOMAN by I cant find my TROUSERS

I cant find my TROUSERS — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:59:10 +0000

Oh and what about the curse? “your desire will be for the man” and all that. Does that explain it ?

Comment on chick lass babe broad dame doll lady WOMAN by I cant find my TROUSERS

I cant find my TROUSERS — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:57:16 +0000

Here’s to hoping that some day ’round 10 or so years from now a yound girl will burst into my room to tell me of her period. wow. life gets stranger every day.

I spell marraige wrong all. the. time.

Comment on chick lass babe broad dame doll lady WOMAN by clairebo

clairebo — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:30:18 +0000

I use too many smiley faces. I didn’t know that.

Comment on chick lass babe broad dame doll lady WOMAN by clairebo

clairebo — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:27:37 +0000

You’re right, but there does exist some kind of correlation in our minds with marriage and womanhood. Women find it easier to think of themselves as women once they’re hitched, which in fact only reveals their insecurities, as you say, which they then focus in other destructive areas.

I am not sure if asking your daughter to swim out to sea during her first period in the presence of your community would go down well with her in our culture. However I wonder if my dad’s own attitudes to sex etc. were helpful in my understanding of myself as a woman. He demonstrated a profound respect for women and always included me in “male” exploits – DIY, fishing etc. (I also enjoyed cooking and crafts with Mam.) But my dad was the kind of man that I was comfortable enough with to actually tell him that I had gotten my period the day it first arrived when I was 13. Some girls can’t even tell their Mam these things, never mind their Dad.

You need to be the kind of dad that your daughter will want to talk to, before you can arrange any kinds of rituals to celebrate her!

Comment on chick lass babe broad dame doll lady WOMAN by I cant find my TROUSERS

I cant find my TROUSERS — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:14:07 +0000

Hmm. interesting stuff. I myself am interested very much so in rites of passages things. Ive been thinking for a good few years about different things i would do with my sons.. My daughters never entered my head and then wouldnt you know it but we go and have our first and its a girl!! So im thinking that the swiming out to sea is a good one. Mind you the idea that the WHOLE family would celebrate and by that focus on publicaly and verbally the arrival of a hair or blood is kinda cool. I think puberty is awarkard cause of the way we tiptoe round it..

Anyway..

One thing: single women might be more insecure in realtion to housemates etc but surely those insecurities dont disappear they just get focused on the husband after marraige?

Comment on chick lass babe broad dame doll lady WOMAN by clairebo

clairebo — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:39:27 +0000

*punches air*