Woke to the dawn breaking pinkly on the fresh snow.
If pink snow isn't nice...well....as Vonnegut would say "I don't know what is."
E-mails and Funeral arrangements for Dwight. Although I won't be flying in...I am going to pick up a David Austin rose to plant in Spring in remembrance. Beverly pretty much on auto-pilot right now.
I've been there. Reality comes later.
Reality.
There is a concept worth exploring, today. I remember the E.R.A. days...and the early 70's feminist movement. Equal Rights. Sounded like a noble cause. Until you really stopped for a minute and examined it up close.
I always had a problem with the Feminist Movement, anyway. You could BE anything you wanted to BE...as long as they agreed with it.
Career woman. OK
Stay at home Mom. Not Okay.
Happily Married and a Homemaker: Way Not Okay (...and you were being subservient/exploited...and possibly were too stupid to know you were being both.)
Corporate Suit: OK
Sexy dress and 4 inch heels: Not Okay.
Employment in any Venue of Adult Entertainment: Way Not Okay (...and the admonishment that you were being EXPLOITED and possibly were too stupid to realize you were being exploited.)
In short...they were keen on you doing whatever you wanted to do...as long as THEY approved of what you wanted to do.
And if you were a Happily Married Homemaker or (heaven forbid) a Stripper...well something was obviously WRONG.
For the record. I wholeheartedly support the Lily Ledbetter Act.
Anyway,
(...there is a point to all this...)
We broke a huge glass ceiling this week. Only a fragment of the Equal Rights battle. And one (in my opinion) we will stop and rue the day it shattered.
Today we have sanctioned "Women in Combat Roles"...and can our daughter/grand-daughters (...exactly like our sons mandatory at 18...) registration be far off?
What happens if the draft is reinstated?
For the women who want to be in a combat situation...this is wonderful news, I suppose.
For the rest...this may truly be a case of "be careful what you ask for...because, well- you might just get it".
