http://www.susyflory.com/2007/the-domestic-goddess-vs-the-feminine-mistake/ Author, speaker, journalist: adventurer Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:18:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.susyflory.com/2007/the-domestic-goddess-vs-the-feminine-mistake/comment-page-1/#comment-89 Cristina Tue, 09 Oct 2007 02:47:34 +0000 http://www.susyflory.com/2007/the-domestic-goddess-vs-the-feminine-mistake/#comment-89 If a woman can choose a career and receive affirmation for that, she should also be able to freely choose homemaking and receive respect. In fact, anyone, male or female, who chooses to invest time and energy in caring for children at home deserves respect for the sacrifices they make and the hard work they perform every day. Children need love and attention and it is noble to give of oneself to care for them, just as much as it is worthwhile to serve by starting a charitable foundation, cleaning up the environment, curing cancer, etc. If a family chooses to have children, then raising them is the most important priority - and mothers and fathers deserve respect for making it so. Women need to support each other and honor the choices each person makes. And raising kids does not mean giving up all of one's own interests and values - it can be a creative way to develop them more fully and pass them on. I used to mentor schoolage kids in inner-city Sacramento and got them involved in art and making cards for a children's hospital, and other more athletically minded volunteers set up football and soccer games. I know many hippie eco-friendly mothers who make that work at home with their kids, and a few scientists and a lady doctor who have children and they are busy, but they share their lives and some of their work and goals with their children. So people can make it work. There are naturally different seasons in life, and sometimes it's best for men and women to focus on their careers and goals, and other times the kids need to take priority if there are children. -- You might be able to do it all, but not all at once! If a woman can choose a career and receive affirmation for that, she should also be able to freely choose homemaking and receive respect. In fact, anyone, male or female, who chooses to invest time and energy in caring for children at home deserves respect for the sacrifices they make and the hard work they perform every day. Children need love and attention and it is noble to give of oneself to care for them, just as much as it is worthwhile to serve by starting a charitable foundation, cleaning up the environment, curing cancer, etc. If a family chooses to have children, then raising them is the most important priority – and mothers and fathers deserve respect for making it so.
Women need to support each other and honor the choices each person makes. And raising kids does not mean giving up all of one’s own interests and values – it can be a creative way to develop them more fully and pass them on. I used to mentor schoolage kids in inner-city Sacramento and got them involved in art and making cards for a children’s hospital, and other more athletically minded volunteers set up football and soccer games. I know many hippie eco-friendly mothers who make that work at home with their kids, and a few scientists and a lady doctor who have children and they are busy, but they share their lives and some of their work and goals with their children. So people can make it work.
There are naturally different seasons in life, and sometimes it’s best for men and women to focus on their careers and goals, and other times the kids need to take priority if there are children.
– You might be able to do it all, but not all at once!

]]> http://www.susyflory.com/2007/the-domestic-goddess-vs-the-feminine-mistake/comment-page-1/#comment-88 elizabeth Sun, 20 May 2007 11:51:58 +0000 http://www.susyflory.com/2007/the-domestic-goddess-vs-the-feminine-mistake/#comment-88 Count me in for the book drawing! Your article was a good one, I think the divine feminine goes way back, and yes, it is a form of idolatry. Women have struggled intellectually and politically yet, the battle is a spiritual one. Count me in for the book drawing!
Your article was a good one, I think the divine feminine goes way back, and yes, it is a form of idolatry. Women have struggled intellectually and politically yet, the battle is a spiritual one.

]]> http://www.susyflory.com/2007/the-domestic-goddess-vs-the-feminine-mistake/comment-page-1/#comment-87 Sue Fri, 18 May 2007 16:36:58 +0000 http://www.susyflory.com/2007/the-domestic-goddess-vs-the-feminine-mistake/#comment-87 It sounds wonderful- I love the weekly chocolates too!! It sounds wonderful- I love the weekly chocolates too!!

]]> http://www.susyflory.com/2007/the-domestic-goddess-vs-the-feminine-mistake/comment-page-1/#comment-86 Wilm Thu, 17 May 2007 17:41:52 +0000 http://www.susyflory.com/2007/the-domestic-goddess-vs-the-feminine-mistake/#comment-86 Hi, I've recently found your blog and pop in every now and then. Would love to be in the draw to win a copy of this book - if you haven't already drawn it! Cheers, Wilma Hi,
I’ve recently found your blog and pop in every now and then.
Would love to be in the draw to win a copy of this book – if you haven’t already drawn it!
Cheers, Wilma

]]> http://www.susyflory.com/2007/the-domestic-goddess-vs-the-feminine-mistake/comment-page-1/#comment-85 Kristy R Fri, 11 May 2007 12:10:06 +0000 http://www.susyflory.com/2007/the-domestic-goddess-vs-the-feminine-mistake/#comment-85 The reality is if you choose homemaker, the working world won't wait for you. But, if you choose work, your kids won't wait for you either. I think each woman just has to decide for herself who she wants to be and which price she wants to pay. No woman should be condemned for choosing one over the other because each comes with a costly sacrifice, whether you measure that sacrifice in paychecks or sticky fingers. The reality is if you choose homemaker, the working world won’t wait for you. But, if you choose work, your kids won’t wait for you either. I think each woman just has to decide for herself who she wants to be and which price she wants to pay. No woman should be condemned for choosing one over the other because each comes with a costly sacrifice, whether you measure that sacrifice in paychecks or sticky fingers.

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