Isn’t equality a good thing?
By Brian Kirwin | Wednesday, June 25th, 2008 | Catch-AllSome don’t think so.
“A woman wants to achieve and yet she might have a husband who wants to lay on the couch and watch Oprah all day,” says Dr. David Swanson, a family psychologist. “In that situation, you can understand why that woman might spit on the check every month when she sends it out.”
It’s called “manimony” and it’s becoming more common when the wife brought home the bacon in a marriage.
when the Neely’s once-happy marriage turned into an angry divorce, this mother of two agreed to pay her ex-husband $4,000 a month.
ERA! All the way!
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The right wants to jeer him. The left wants to censor him. Moderates usually want both. Brian Kirwin is a political consultant and public relations strategist in Virginia Beach with a lightning-rod flair. Brian also serves on the VB Arts & Humanities Commission and frequently appears on Hampton Roads theatrical stages, if only to prove that all actors aren’t liberals. Kirwin’s columns stir up debate and hit the political scene with no punches pulled.
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5 Responses to "Isn’t equality a good thing?"
One observation: these aren’t “men.”
By that definition, are you then saying the women aren’t “women”?
I hope the guy Dr. Swanson is talking about wants to “lie” on the couch, not “lay.” If the latter, he’s even more of a chicken- than the good Doc realizes.
Women more bitter about paying alimony checks? Who would have thunk? Don’t get me wrong I am not a misogynist: I really do love women, but this truly is not news.
Just like “Dog bites man” is not news. It is not news to say a woman slighted is more bitter than a man.
I’m in favor of equality for women as long as they take the bad with the good that goes along with being equal.
But that often is not what happens. They want to keep the special consideration that has historically been given to them on the basis of their sex while seeking to harvest only the good aspects of equality.
Where is the insistence, in the interests of equality, that 18 year old women must register for the draft?
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