
It isn't a path filled with medals and awards. So, as humans are prone to do, we continued to ask, "am I doing a good job?", "Am I the best in my neighborhood, in this town?" And you cannot compete in a concrete manner necessarily, with having more or better children.īut in modern times, some lost track of both the respect and power given to those granted the gift of childrearing. In a different day and age is it safe to say that neither the working at home / raising children NOR the working in the field / outside the home to barter, trade, sell goods was deemed the more noble deed? But at some point in time, our myopic society told us that from the two paths, one we can put a seeming "pass / fail" on, while the other may take years for self-gratification, if any comes at all.Īs barter / trade economies gave way to earning / saving currency, we were able to save and get more stuff. Obviously men and women are equal – I think most of us established that quite some time ago, don't you? – But, we are not the same, nor should we hope to be unless we would rather be in love with ourselves or a man that was exactly like our girl friends which may be part of the problem these days. It is human nature to respectfully reach out and make contact. So, for us women to be upset at men for a subtle gesture, is like being upset at your cat for cleaning itself with their tongue or your dog for relying on its nose at a first time meet and greet.
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Also, if men insist on walking on the outside of the path while I walk on the beaten trek to keep my dress from getting muddy or full of burrs - that's grand by me as well. In addition, I appreciate it when men use slightly more temperate language when they are in the company of women.
