tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770341086445997547.post4107541794953465866..comments2023-10-07T22:37:49.244+13:00Comments on The Hand Mirror: Musings on languagekatyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15742280289613450293noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770341086445997547.post-55877691126591764142010-03-02T16:15:03.493+13:002010-03-02T16:15:03.493+13:00I agree with you, except that I quite like the ter...I agree with you, except that I quite like the term 'stay at home'. I think in terms of 'stay at home parent' (perhaps because I see a few men looking after their kids at playcentre these days?).<br />I do stay at home, it's where I spend most of my week, and the negative association just isn't there for me. It's a descriptor - perhaps the negativity depends on who is using or hearing the term, but for me it's a useful way to describe what I do.Mnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770341086445997547.post-43383504214985572292010-03-02T08:29:45.147+13:002010-03-02T08:29:45.147+13:00I remember that button! I might even have it somew...I remember that button! I might even have it somewhere - handed down from an Aunty along with a bag that says "Never underestimate the power of a woman".<br /><br />Spot on Julie. And it's a massive insult to men too. It's denigrating their status as parents. My father pretty much raised me on his own and I know he often came up against weird stuff like not being able to sign forms for me - it had to be the mother etc. All very odd. I suppose that's another post entirely.<br /><br />Actually even last year when I got citizenship here I was told my father couldn't sign the authority for me. I was told my mother had to do it. My father marched in and made such a scene that they STFU and let him sign it.Boganettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07253374355820020132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770341086445997547.post-88808304886398208562010-03-01T21:46:09.960+13:002010-03-01T21:46:09.960+13:00I've been appalled to see the resurgence of th...I've been appalled to see the resurgence of this idiotic expression. Remember the 70s button - "Every Mother is a Working Mother"?AnneEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00869114756713316204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770341086445997547.post-68742383109848878392010-03-01T20:18:07.003+13:002010-03-01T20:18:07.003+13:00Your last sentence is absolutely spot on. Big cha...Your last sentence is absolutely spot on. Big challenge.Sandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00679010667380926214noreply@blogger.com