I was recently reading a blog post entitled "Cursing Mr. and Mrs., or Feminism as Personal Attack" over at Inspired by a True Story . This lovely article is about whether or not it is ok for a man to refer to his wife as "The Mrs.". I believe that if it does not offend "The Mrs." then by all means, go ahead! What caught my eye was that in the comments section, a young lady had made the comment that she found comfort in her husbands protection. I must say that I feel the very same way. It is a comfort to know that I am a treasure to my husband. I have confidence that he will act in my best interest. He has confidence that I will leave the "heavy lifting" to him.
I believe that my husband is the head of the house. I believe that I am best suited in our relationship and as a personal preference to homekeeping and the rearing of children. I am also a Unitarian Universalist. I am using the benefits of a womans right to choose. I choose to stay home. I choose to raise my children myself instead of letting someone else do it for me. I choose to defer to my husband.
I visit the Ladies Against Feminism site quite often and enjoy reading the success stories of other ladies who choose this lifestyle. Where can I find SAHMs with a world view similar to my own? Surely I am not the only liberal woman who is a homemaker and thoroughly old fashioned when it comes to her personal view on gender roles. I can honestly say that I have rarely seen a group of ladies with such good intentions as those who contribute to LAF. I do not agree with a great many of their views but know where they are coming from when they say that feminism is contributing to the collapse of family values and decency. There's alot to be said for modesty and behaving like a lady but I don't think women should be expected to go around like a stepford wife. June Cleaver, I'm not.
Here's to personal preference. Here's to doing what's right for you as long as you aren't hurting others (:wink:)
Here's to being an old fashioned 20-something housewife and mother!!
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I have the same story--almost exactly! I am also a stay at home UU mom, also read LAF (much of which I find offensive, and much of which I find inspiring).
I find that the liberal community doesn't really "see" as a homemaker me in the same way that the conservative one does... ...I've been blogging at hummingbird homemaker about this journey from a UU perspective--although I struggle to stay on topic... :-)
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