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jmowreader

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13. No. Tracy the man would be "the 28-year-old attorney from Post Falls"
Thu Feb 20, 2014, 02:50 PM
Feb 2014

I have probably printed 500 profiles of successful men and never has one described him as a husband and father. We'll always include it somewhere, but a successful man is always described as lawyer, architect, mayor, cardiologist, ophthalmologist, quack, city planner, arborist, boatbuilder, events planner or whatever he does for a living, and the women are always described as mothers.

We did one on a quiverfull tree surgeon, and in the first paragraph we gave a little opening thing about the splendor of tree surgery, in the second graf described his firm with its 80 workers and its certifications and awards, and opened the third with "Jones, who lives in Smalltown with his wife Bountiful and eleven children" (obviously neither the name of his hometown or wife). The story we did about the last mayor had as its first graf a blurb about her retirement as mayor then opened the second graf with "the 73-year-old grandmother of nine..." who also owns a successful business. Totally different situation.

The so called Christian Right think she ceases to exist as soon as she conceives. Nt pkdu Feb 2014 #1
I always think that's odd, but... TreasonousBastard Feb 2014 #2
well... 1awake Feb 2014 #17
Identifier should be germane to the context. elleng Feb 2014 #3
When she submits to a man. Egalitarian Thug Feb 2014 #4
Whatever Orrex Feb 2014 #5
What's wrong with calling her "the wife, mother and lawyer"? pnwmom Feb 2014 #6
No. Tracy the man would be "the 28-year-old attorney from Post Falls" jmowreader Feb 2014 #13
In case you didn't notice, I agree. That's what the sarcasm smilie was for. n/t pnwmom Feb 2014 #18
Pretty much, and it's annoying as hell REP Feb 2014 #7
No jberryhill Feb 2014 #8
Her conception in the womb. nt alphafemale Feb 2014 #24
Am I missing something here? Mother came SECOND. cherokeeprogressive Feb 2014 #9
They threw it in there for a reason jmowreader Feb 2014 #14
This is a huge pet peeve of mine get the red out Feb 2014 #10
I don't see it that way, at least not with my women friends. LuvNewcastle Feb 2014 #11
Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2014 #12
Here is the article: The Straight Story Feb 2014 #15
Check out the "Main Street" column on our site jmowreader Feb 2014 #21
well, we refer to our pets as momma kitty or daddy kitty snooper2 Feb 2014 #16
I think it really depends on what the woman wants. Xithras Feb 2014 #19
. MO_Moderate Feb 2014 #20
We're practically never allowed to exist in the first place. Starry Messenger Feb 2014 #22
I know this may come as a shock to some people Harmony Blue Feb 2014 #23
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