And Normal Men

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Clarissa

October 23, 2012

From a female student’s essay:

“The situation we see in the movie is not normal. In a normal situation, a man works, provides for the family, and makes all the decisions while his wife stays at home and takes care of the kids. In the movie, Ana works and makes decisions which makes her husband unhappy because this is not how women should behave.”

Maybe I should ask her what she is doing in my class instead of staying at home and breeding like a rabbit.

Seriously, if I see the word “normal” in one more essay, I will gag. My feeble female nature rebels against the abnormality of having to grade papers to make my living.

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8 responses to “And Normal Men”

Titfortat

October 23, 2012

And to think you left Quebec, a bastion for feminists, for this. 😉

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1. bloggerclarissa
  
  October 23, 2012
  
  Yes, keep rubbing it in.
  
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Leah Jane

October 23, 2012

If I were that student’s teacher, I would eventually give up and just write “Normal is just a setting on a washing machine” on the paper. Except I’m worried that would be taken as implicit acceptance of her desire to have women’s lives revolve around household appliances.

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1. bloggerclarissa
  
  October 23, 2012
  
  Thank you for helping me to see this in a humorous way. I’m getting kind of desperate here.
  
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  1. Leah Jane
    
    October 23, 2012
    
    I try my best to see humour in everything, even the most desperate situations. It’s a matter of survival sometimes!
    
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Danny (@dannyscorner)

October 23, 2012

I hope the woman that wrote that paper never meets a single dad.

Taking care of the kids AND working to provide from the outside?

Her head just might explode.

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Daran

October 23, 2012

Question: Define “Normal”.

Answer: It’s when…

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1. bloggerclarissa
  
  October 23, 2012
  
  🙂 🙂 🙂
  
  This is the best. 🙂
  
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