wk.7; F-Word, chapters 7 & 8

#7 This chapter talked about the loss of identity a woman experienced and does even at time today. When a women marries she becomes the man possession. Even her name becomes the mans. Her identity becomes a part of his and this lead to a loss of self-worth for a woman. It would appear that this happens in any relationship, that the dominate individual takes the major part of the identity for the partnership and the submissive one is left without self. It is necessary for everyone in any relationship to be able to identify who they are and what their roll in life is, to determine if this is the roll they choose to play and the person they wish to be. "Do your own thing and be happy" is good only if your partners are also happy doing their own things.

#8Between a Rock and a hard place is about the current place in which single mother find themselves. It would seem that that they are in the eye of the storm. It is the old thought that women can't raise men without a man's input, but this is not necessarily true. I have seen situations where the child was blessed when the man was a part of the equation. Every single parent man/women needs as much help as possible. The work positions clash with their school hours; this is one of the biggest problems. It is impossible to be in two places at the same time.
I tend to feel that kids need both parents and whenever possible, even with separated parents, the parents work together to teach their children to respect each other and to respect the other sex as well. Respect and Love is the way to raise kids, both respect them and teaching them to respect others.