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Originally Posted by mixedmedia
why is one opinion more 'politically correct' than another?
as if the people who don't agree with you aren't speaking their own mind?
why does it always seem you are taking this tack every time an opinion is voiced that is different from your own?
it's kind of tiresome
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If there's no difference between you and your husband's role in your daughters' lives, then I ask you this: which one of you taught (will teach) your daughters about their menstrual cycle, how to use feminine hygiene products, how to choose their first bra? Uh, huh.
Now, if you did a good job at helping a daughter through that tramatic first experience and equipping her with the knowledge and avoided her feeling embarrassment and such - well then, you were a good female role model in that regard. I've heard of women who have traumatized the ever living shit out of their daughters in these areas. Regardless, it was the very fact that you were a female that gave you the intimate experience to provide that valuable support. Things one simply can not learn in a book (as a male).
I assure you, as a male, I am NOT equipped to recommend cardboard or plastic applicators...underwire or not.
We are different, and yet we are equal.
EDIT AND ADDENDUM: I fully admit there are far fewer things that a child may feel compelled to turn to their male role model and not their female role model. To reiterate my original post, my job as a male role model is to teach my son to respect women, to do the "heavy lifting" as it were, and to provide for my family in ways my particular (and excellent) choice in a wife may be unwilling or unable to do. The fact that the list is small means I get to focus on them more intently.