tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2738167594002469989.post6165535188155280603..comments2023-10-24T03:33:55.572-07:00Comments on Aerin's Cranberry Blog: A boy for him and a girl for meAerinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11142518259771067132noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2738167594002469989.post-73838576576556977182007-05-15T21:32:00.000-07:002007-05-15T21:32:00.000-07:00I also thought about this recently because my soft...I also thought about this recently because my softball coach and his wife are expecting a baby. All the girls on the team wish the mother will have a girl, and the guys wish the father will have a boy. They keep teasing him-- "I hope you have twin boys so that you can play football, basketball and softball with them" This is on a team where we have some hard core girls who can really play softball.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14473860535918441686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2738167594002469989.post-18460966112813977012007-05-14T07:44:00.000-07:002007-05-14T07:44:00.000-07:00I think it does more than smack of sexism; it's th...I think it does more than smack of sexism; it's the most limited thing I've heard of in awhile. It saddens me to think of any Dad being unhappy because he's having a daugther. <BR/><BR/>az awakening - I think the balance of power amongst genders depends very much on what industry you're in. I also note that even though in many sectors women are promoted to higher positions than was once possible, they still are not typically paid as much as men in those same jobs are paid.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2738167594002469989.post-51907313142883874022007-05-13T16:24:00.000-07:002007-05-13T16:24:00.000-07:00Thanks AZ. I was thinking specifically of mormon ...Thanks AZ. I was thinking specifically of mormon parents and leadership telling their daughters they could be wives and mothers. I did meet some women in college where their parents specifically bribed them to not marry before they graduated. And this was in the 90s. And no, they were not mormon.<BR/><BR/>chanson - It's interesting that the French are more freudian about it. I hadn't thought of it that way. <BR/><BR/>liseysmom - that's what I don't understand - I thought all parents thought that way - treasuring the relationship with their child. Guess not.Aerinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11142518259771067132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2738167594002469989.post-23812632712778240712007-05-13T07:15:00.000-07:002007-05-13T07:15:00.000-07:00I have a son and a daughter. I treasure my relatio...I have a son and a daughter. I treasure my relationship with both of them, and I know my husband does as well. My daughter, though very much a princess with a love for everything pink and sparkly, will also tell you she is a WARRIOR princess.Liseysmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16751571582105976429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2738167594002469989.post-39803976082270828132007-05-11T23:22:00.000-07:002007-05-11T23:22:00.000-07:00Here in France it's the opposite:There's so much F...Here in France it's the opposite:<BR/><BR/>There's so much Freudianism in the air -- it's weird the degree to which Freud's theories have taken root in the popular culture -- that people will say things about how a girl loves her father more and a boy prefers his mother. So I get two and my husband gets none, yay!!!<BR/><BR/>(Tongue-in-cheek for that last bit... ;^) )C. L. Hansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12698855413639518095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2738167594002469989.post-70529332683604399612007-05-11T11:22:00.000-07:002007-05-11T11:22:00.000-07:00Aerin I agree with everything you posted her excep...Aerin I agree with everything you posted her except for one thing. In the modern US workplace I think the balance of leadership is tilting towards women. Most of the bosses I have had in the 11 years since graduating from college have been women. The new challenge in the American workplace is how do men react to playing second fiddle more and more?<BR/><BR/>I have a beautiful daughter and I am striving to raise her like your parents did with you. I can't imagaine being sad about having a daughter, she amazes me everyday.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com