tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1361044202268851561.post5830974927116976637..comments2024-02-11T02:16:33.107-08:00Comments on Stephanie's Epiphanies: My Issues With The M.R.S.STEPHANIE J. GATEShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02871866298443824113noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1361044202268851561.post-37830206382803145852019-07-03T17:39:51.174-07:002019-07-03T17:39:51.174-07:00Hello Everybody,
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Dollar, he is a GOD fearing man, if you are in need of loan and you will pay back the loan please contact him tell him that is Mrs Sharon, that refer you to him. contact Dr Purva Pius, call/whats-App Contact Number +918929509036 via email:(urgentloan22@gmail.com) Thank you.Dr Purva Piushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05883980841903455890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1361044202268851561.post-59240941692411099902013-12-20T12:26:09.805-08:002013-12-20T12:26:09.805-08:00I whole heartedly agree with your sentiment that w...I whole heartedly agree with your sentiment that we should own our language. I love that you said your upcoming marriage is "is a public proclamation of what I want to be the staying power of a positive mutual and intimate relationship. My identity and his will take on an additional dimension--it won't replace the selves that we have been developing." As usual, a thought-provoking response from you.STEPHANIE J. GATEShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02871866298443824113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1361044202268851561.post-64948491394583151752013-12-20T12:20:28.697-08:002013-12-20T12:20:28.697-08:00As much "progress" as we have made in so...As much "progress" as we have made in society, it seems as if there are still some very rigid norms operating in our society. We are very much an "us" and "them" culture instead of an all ecompassing "we."STEPHANIE J. GATEShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02871866298443824113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1361044202268851561.post-13144402003197288362013-12-20T12:18:22.064-08:002013-12-20T12:18:22.064-08:00You are right. It is better to travel alone than w...You are right. It is better to travel alone than with bad company.STEPHANIE J. GATEShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02871866298443824113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1361044202268851561.post-86714943271383214032013-12-20T12:17:43.187-08:002013-12-20T12:17:43.187-08:00Thank you for reading and sharing your thoughts. H...Thank you for reading and sharing your thoughts. How do we as women push society to change how women are defined? You mentioned other titles "Dr" and "Professor" which demonstrates how much energy which actually invest in title.STEPHANIE J. GATEShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02871866298443824113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1361044202268851561.post-25734758022889397102013-12-17T01:10:20.524-08:002013-12-17T01:10:20.524-08:00It's a sticky wicket. Marriage helps the stat...It's a sticky wicket. Marriage helps the state keep track of people and make money. Marriage in the socio-economic, Western, capitalist construct, shows male ownership of the wife, of the children, as it does in some religions. As I prepare for my own, I ask, "What is it to me?" I have decided that it is a public proclamation of what I want to be the staying power of a positive mutual and intimate relationship. My identity and his will take on an additional dimension--it won't replace the selves that we have been developing. For others, it'll take on legitimacy. As for the state, it does not care because it profits from divorce and keeps tabs on us all anyway. I can't even start with religion.<br /><br />One other thing: I have begun to respond to my female students in class with "Madam" or "Ms" rather than "Miss." We have to own the language, and "master" is antiquated for boys younger than 13. "Mister" is conferred with age rather than marital "ascendance." I want young women to not think of themselves as unmarried virgins. Do we need to invent a term that is gender-neutral or -friendly, a title of respect for person who has made it to adulthood period?<br /><br />As usual, a reflective post by you!Ms Kimberlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11959834918646388092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1361044202268851561.post-44749944916879374652013-12-16T16:47:13.715-08:002013-12-16T16:47:13.715-08:00Stephanie, I love your blog and I can really relat...Stephanie, I love your blog and I can really relate. I'm divorced, (after a very brief marriage) and chose to reclaim my maiden name. A married "friend" one day asked me, "Girl, when you gonna get married?" I was stunned. That same woman has to sneak new merchandise into her own home after a trip to the mall because she doesn't want hubby to know that she's been shopping for clothing. I think it's really sad that she thinks that's okay.Gaylnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1361044202268851561.post-51660964249053704082013-12-16T13:39:44.441-08:002013-12-16T13:39:44.441-08:00Well written as usual Ms Gates. Remember....it is ...Well written as usual Ms Gates. Remember....it is better to travel alone than to travel with bad companion(s)...mytlionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09214541389862629422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1361044202268851561.post-88724306671903097462013-12-16T13:35:35.614-08:002013-12-16T13:35:35.614-08:00I cosign your sentiments. I'll add that, as a ...I cosign your sentiments. I'll add that, as a married woman, I'm constantly struck by the fact that people think that my married identity somehow trumps all of my others, like students who refer to me as "Mrs." instead of "Dr." or "Professor," or male friends who suddenly stop communicating with me directly and contact my husband instead. While I understand that, historically, the "Mrs." title has conferred respectability to women who were typically denied it because of their race, class, etc., it still bothers me that so many women today invest so much in what they THINK that title signifies. Then again, I suppose the burden is really on our society, not the individual women who buy into it. Racquelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00087371979938862408noreply@blogger.com