Thursday, March 1, 2012

Is that a pedestal for me to stand on or are you just glad to see me?

This is the beginning of a new adventure for me. I'm not sure what this blog will become just yet. I'm still working on what the goals and focus of it will be. I do know this, though. It will have very little to do with homemaking. I just liked the alliteration. Well, that and I am both a homemaker and a heretic (at least by some people's standards).


I think it will be a good place for me to sort through my thoughts, save and share interesting links and articles, and encourage things that I think are important, like critical thinking skills.


In fact, I think I'll start with an article that I came across today. Here is the link (I hope):


http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/2012/01/31/if-it-looks-like-a-compliment-and-sounds-like-a-compliment-is-it-really-a-compliment/


I think the main reason I found this so interesting is because it describes something that I have experienced but had not been able to explain. Having lived most of my life as a member of the Mormon church (yes I know it is really The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints but that name is just too long) I have had years of experience with benevolent sexism. It is in fact, doctrine. It has always bothered me, and this article shows why. 

3 comments:

  1. You're totally right about benevolent sexism in the church--this is why giving the priesthood to only men is such a (totally under-recognized) problem. It institutionalized that idea that women need direction and protection from men. Yuck. And congrats on the new blog. :)

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  2. Bingo! Great start to your new blog!!!! WOot!

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  3. Thanks for the nice comments! One of the things I learned from this article was how much benevolent sexism has worked its way into my own outlook, despite my own aversion to it. Hopefully now that I have a better understanding of it, I can work on moving past it.

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