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In fact, we barely do our jobs.
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This is the home of the Amateur Catholic® bloggers - or as we like to refer to ourselves, the B-team.
We don't write books or do speaking tours. In fact, we barely do our jobs. That's not to say we're unambitious though...
You see, this coalition is just the second phase our blogoshpere conquest. We suppose you could think of us as amateur crusaders too.
Membership will not bring you any money, perks, notoriety, or prestige - but you will get the privilege of proudly displaying the B-team badge on your blog! Lucky you, huh?
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posted by David L Alexander @ 10:27 PM
3 Comments:
Please don't tell me that women washed linens and that was equally respectable service. Hogwash.
The priesthood isn't open to women. God ordained that -- and I accept it. But to imply that women's domestic service is their "equal" option is a load of hooey. Domesticity has a place and it's valuable. But men can wash linens, too. Men generally DON'T do women's work precisely because it's women's work. Why wouldn't women come to find it demeaning, too?
(I do laundry, btw. But I don't like being told that my nature makes laundry an especially appropriate calling.)
Jen
Hey, kids, can we move the comments to my weblog, where the post actually is? I mean, why should Amy get all the action???
jen p said: "Men generally DON'T do women's work precisely because it's women's work."
And women generally don't do men's work precisely because it's, well, work. Ever see a woman tow-truck driver, garbage collector, sewer worker? Women choose what shall be women's work and thus, by default, what work they will stick on the men -- the icky, dirty, away from home, among uncaring strangers, risky, physically taxing, often outdoor, and dangerous work. (Nice try, jen p.)
As Catholic and author Jack Kammer once noted: "Sure women's work is devalued. It's devalued by women to make it unattractive to men."
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