I am in a reasonable situation - I have one in diapers and two school age. I have a semi-functional support system and I live in a city with public transit. I live in dense urban housing so in a real emergency if I *absolutely had to,* I could ask my nighbors for help.
Women at home in the suburbs with more than one in diapers aren't in a reasonable situation and I think going all mystic about how special it must be to have post-partum incontinence when you cannot get to the bathroom without major logistical planning is stupid. I also think it's pretty stupid to recognize as an adult that your mother was amazing. It's like, wow, look, sky! It's blue! Articles like this are thinly veiled "look at me, I am SUCH A GOOD CHRISTIAN for recognizing that women exist!" It's not about women or mothers, it's about the author's giant ego.
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Date: 2005-12-12 01:11 pm (UTC)I am in a reasonable situation - I have one in diapers and two school age. I have a semi-functional support system and I live in a city with public transit. I live in dense urban housing so in a real emergency if I *absolutely had to,* I could ask my nighbors for help.
Women at home in the suburbs with more than one in diapers aren't in a reasonable situation and I think going all mystic about how special it must be to have post-partum incontinence when you cannot get to the bathroom without major logistical planning is stupid. I also think it's pretty stupid to recognize as an adult that your mother was amazing. It's like, wow, look, sky! It's blue! Articles like this are thinly veiled "look at me, I am SUCH A GOOD CHRISTIAN for recognizing that women exist!" It's not about women or mothers, it's about the author's giant ego.