This weeks readings were about the family. Family brings to mind the stereotypical June and Ward Cleaver scenario. In todays time family isn’t so conventional. There are single mom’s, single dad’s, same sex mom and dad’s, black dad’s white mom’s and there are step parents, step kids and step dogs! We as society are getting used to a more diverse thinking when it comes to the typical family unit….there isn’t a typical family unit!
Emma Goldmans writing about marriage was appalling. How awful to feel like women did back then. So suppressed and their sexuality frowned upon and women kept in the dark about how wonderful sex could be. Good women did not question their men, they endured the marriage bed, and lost themselves in the process of marriage. I am sure not all marriages were horrible and oppressive but probably a good portion were.
There has to be something that can be done for the women and girls in these countries where the men and religion control their every move and thought. This has to stop. God doesn’t call for women to be subserviant or to hide behind a burka or to be controlled by men. Young girls being married to men three times their age this is criminal and must be stopped I don’t care what custom your religion or country adheres to it is wrong! In Indian where young girls are sold for 10.00 by their familes or to pay off a debt this custom is insane. In Saudi Arabia a 70 year old women is given 40 lashes because two unrelated males were in her home to bring her bread….hello… insane!
I am so thankful everyday that I found the love of my life after 26 years and he cleans toilets, does dishes, and sweeps with a smile. He is the manliest man I know but doesn’t quail to do “womens work”. I can even yell at him on occasion and not have to worry about repercussions, I am very lucky.
