I took a class in Woman Studies a few semesters ago. One week we were talking about womens rights and whether women have the same rights as men and if in the home a husband and wife should have the same rights, and equal rights. I know this may come across wrong in this class also so I will apologize now.
I stated that I do believe men and women should have the same rights both inside and outside of the home. I believe housework as well as taking care of children should be split as equally as possible and everyone should do their share. But (and this was the problem) I also believe that my husband is the head of the household. We are equal in every way. If you want to be honest I have a more dominant personality than my husband does. I stand behind my husband but I admit that I let him take care of more difficult situations than I do. I stayed home with my children, and technically still do, and I believe this is best for children. I do childcare and earn a living on people who work outside the home but I still believe it’s best for the children if one parent stays home to raise them.
So in this class this made all the women basically tell me off and tell me that I am part of the reason why women do not get a fair shake in the work force and it’s because of people like me why women aren’t treated equal. Even though I tried to explain my side they never understood my side. I believe one of the reasons is because I am nearly 36 years old and most of the people in my class were between 18 and 20 years old. I have more life experience than they had (although one woman didn’t believe so because she had moved around a lot as a child). I tried to reason with them all to no avail. Needless to say not many of my posts after this one received much responses.
I did speak with the professor and she understood what I had said and what I had meant. So this would be the only way that the issue was resolved. If this had happened fact to face I believe the students would have understood the point I was getting across and ;how I do believe in womens rights and equality.
“People’s perceptions of the amount of telepresence in a given medium suggest that they are likely to consider how the messages they fashion through media are reflections on them.” (Wood and Smith pg 56) This is how I feel. I believe that what I said was taken out of context and because of this the perception, or reflection, on me is poor. I look like a 1940′s house wife who stands behind her man and lets him make all the decisions.
Just checking.