A lemming entry

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Oh yeah, and some more fascinating insights into Who I Am, courtesy of the latest silly internet quizzes.



Take the 100 Acre Personality Quiz!


Michael. You're most like the ArchAngel of
Defense. You like to hit things, and you like
naked people, preferably cute naked people. A
real down-to-earth angel who likes frogs and is
easily distracted by bright, shiny things.


Which ArchAngel are you most like?
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Take the What
animal best portrays your sexual appetite?? Quiz


I think I'll leave dreamingchristi's "What have I done?" meme for some time when I'm feeling a bit more upbeat, or less tired.

Oh, and I still have some questions to answer and ask for the interview thingy; I will get round to them one day, honest. And I'll buy some furniture and give the cat a name.

Comments

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I think women these days (or at least women in the sort of circles in which you or I move) are much more likely to be brainwashed into the "Must be successful Career Woman" thing.
That's it exactly - the previous generation(s) were fighting for that, and we're pressured into it just as much as they were pressured into A Nice Little Job Until Marriage and then Homemaking. To want to be a Fifties throwback housewife and mother is not done because dammit, we're educated smart women who don't need men and should stand on our own two feet all our lives and die alone surrounded by cats (eaten by Alsatians, if you're Bridget Jones) because that's independence bay-bee. The fact that children and family and domesticity is actually what some of us want and are good at is irrelevant, we're "as good as men" and therefore we'll have to prove it every day by not necessarily being happy and fulfilled, cos heaven knows most men aren't. (I am pretty sure there's a lot more men out there that would love to be househusbands - those I know that are, are bloody good at it. But it's not "manly" or financially feasible for most to admit it. imc has expressed an interest in childcare, and were it practical I'd gladly have him at home more in future.)

[I find it odd that a side-effect of "equality" means that everyone seems equally miserable at work. Only fair, I 'spose, but couldn't we have just worked on making everyone happier, instead?]

'Choice' is a pain. To be "pro-choice" is often parsed as "recommending abortion", when sometimes birth is the better choice. But heck, anti-abortionists don't want to debate individual situations, they want blanket rulings, because otherwise they'd have to admit that every situation is different, and everyone is not the same. Equally, 'choice' in a woman's life must encompass Career Woman and Domestic Goddess (and Adequate Part-time Worker/Mum, and Unhappy Wage Slave, and Bimbo on Telly, and all the other choices), they can't make it just mean Career Woman. But hell, it feels like any other choice is very hard to make.

More hugs! Feeling in a very huggy mood today... :-)