tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8677849.post6198137098472155163..comments2023-10-07T09:53:56.425-04:00Comments on ZoesMom: Why do the women have to grind the corn?ZoesMomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13279493011192565601noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8677849.post-78583939736037220452008-09-06T14:01:00.000-04:002008-09-06T14:01:00.000-04:00Yes, why DO women have to grind the corn? And too ...Yes, why DO women have to grind the corn? And too bad your teacher didn't see that as a great expository writing assignment, which is what it should have been: why I wouldn't want to have to grind the corn or why women shouldn't have to grind the corn.<BR/><BR/>I think if I'd lived in a certain era, I would have been one of those women who dressed herself up as a boy, so she could have a little fun.Emily Bartonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13971084813206845680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8677849.post-73015991845174661422008-09-01T04:12:00.000-04:002008-09-01T04:12:00.000-04:00I was told by my 7th grade home ec teacher that be...I was told by my 7th grade home ec teacher that because I was crap at cooking and sewing and didn't really care that I would likely end up pushing a baby carriage before I graduated high school and be miserable. I didn't learn to cook until I was in my 20s and I still don't know how to sew. But guess what Mrs Case? My husband sews my fucking buttons and my tailor hems my trousers and I'm not stewing in misery over it. So there!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8677849.post-37938381136740694562008-08-31T09:10:00.000-04:002008-08-31T09:10:00.000-04:00Tracie -- It's scary how many women our age have t...Tracie -- It's scary how many women our age have those same kinds of stories. Hopefully when our daughters ask those questions and have the same ambitions they will get an answer and encouragement. At least we'll be able to give it to them. <BR/><BR/>If Mr. Corica thought I would be a terrible housewife -- he was certainly right. :-)ZoesMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13279493011192565601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8677849.post-91239763726971624162008-08-30T21:03:00.000-04:002008-08-30T21:03:00.000-04:00I had so many responses to that story... but for n...I had so many responses to that story... but for now, all I'll say is, wow. <BR/><BR/>I had a similar type of anti-feminist experience: In 4th grade, I remember that we had an assignment to come up with some sort of lofty ambition for when we grew up. I told my (female) teacher that I wanted to be the first female president. She told me that women can't be president, and I should lower my ambitions to vice-president.<BR/><BR/>Good Lord, rereading that, it sounds like we grew up in the 50s! Do you think our teachers were thinking, "some day, they'll make terrible housewives." :)tracie valentinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11300382883320464966noreply@blogger.com