tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29137904.post6970538741271478617..comments2024-03-28T17:58:56.707+11:00Comments on The Social Pathologist: Taking Out the Family.The Social Pathologisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12927698533626086780noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29137904.post-81577721730077986442011-07-20T21:36:19.644+10:002011-07-20T21:36:19.644+10:00First of all, let me thank you so much for your v...First of all, let me thank you so much for your very kind words, Doc. I dips me lid to yer. :D<br /><br />"Many people who extol the idea of sacrificial love see it as a virtue in itself, which it isn't. Self-sacrifice is only a virtue when it pursues a good, otherwise it is an evil"<br /><br />Yes very true.. If I had stayed at home because I thought that it was the right thing to do, yet was a misery guts and made life hard for all at home then it would most certainly be the wrong thing to do.<br /><br />Because I have a very good relationship with my husband, much stress and tension is relieved, which certainly goes a long way to mellowing me out, and enabling me to cope much better with the domestic situation. ;)<br /><br /> That, and being able to read interesting and thought provoking posts and opinions on blogs such as yours is also satisfying and engaging.<br /><br /> Like I said, Swings and roundabouts.Kathy Farrellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16532126739204105127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29137904.post-59356371941468932282011-07-20T12:20:44.501+10:002011-07-20T12:20:44.501+10:00Of course 9 to 5 jobs where one sits at a desk and...Of course 9 to 5 jobs where one sits at a desk and computer have been around for millennia...<br /><br />Isolation is what kills domesticity in the west.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29137904.post-59412210683702349112011-07-20T11:49:44.737+10:002011-07-20T11:49:44.737+10:00"The problem is that many women are not suite..."The problem is that many women are not suited to being exclusively full time carers of their family, and placing them in this role, though cultural pressure and herd predisposition, places them in a position of chronic stress. "<br /><br />I'm not sure I understand this. I've yet to meet a happy career women and I know many un-happy house wives. Being happy with in ones career may be a poor term as most people are quite un-happy with their given careers.<br /><br />The happiest jobs are the ones where we get to do things close to what our hunter gather ancestors did: Butchering, Cooking, Tailoring, Hunting, Gathering(thinking shopping for women), ect. We are not well adapted to the modern world and as such we are not happy with most of the careers we have to choose from. Things like cleaning and plumbing don't fit us well.<br /><br />As such I don't see the point thinking if a career makes you happy or not. People have to find the other things within what we do that makes us happy in a very unnatural environment: Drinking, Hanging out with the boys, women hanging out doing something together, watching our children grow, ect.<br /><br />The traditionalist setup works poorly more because it makes it hard for women to do their normal herd functions(Being tied to the house and having nothing communal to do). The outside the home career has the same problems as the traditionalist system but aggravates them by abandoning the children.Rednoreply@blogger.com