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DrPhil 04-18-2014 08:37 PM

Phyllis Schlafly Has Relationship Advice
 
This seemed more fitting in this forum than the news forum.

Phyllis Schlafly Claims Women Paid the Same as Men Won't Find Husbands
http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/5154150

ETA: http://m.christianpost.com/news/fact...rness--117959/

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Dear Women Feminists and Men Feminists of the World:

Stop messing with natural order and God's design. Lest we forget https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kORINpVUEtE and https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=T4Dyzm8L6cU

Sincerely,
Sarcasm

AOII Angel 04-18-2014 09:00 PM

Bwahahaha. Phyllis Schlafly is a relic, and continues to prove it every time she opens her mouth.

AZTheta 04-18-2014 09:07 PM

I honestly thought she was deceased. Guess not.

Sciencewoman 04-18-2014 09:08 PM

I've always wished she would practice what she preaches and stay at home.

carnation 04-18-2014 09:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AZTheta (Post 2270758)
I honestly thought she was deceased. Guess not.

I did too! I am so bad about that kind of thing.

DrPhil 04-18-2014 09:20 PM

Is her viewpoint in the minority or majority? Is it considered outdated? Do younger generations not subscribe to that?

Sciencewoman 04-18-2014 09:40 PM

Reading the article, I think her logic is faulty. Even if somone subscribed to her viewpoints, her "ergo" conclusion is a stretch.

I've always made more than my husband, and this has been a non-issue. If he was the kind of person for whom this was an issue, I doubt we'd have ended up together. I just don't think as many people are as worried about this as what Phyllis thinks.

My mom is of Phyllis's generation, and has had many choice words to say about Phyllis over the years.

carnation 04-18-2014 10:21 PM

I've always made more than my husband because I have 2 more degrees. It has been a non-issue; I think he's just glad for the money.

In the seventies, I was at an agricultural convention at the U of Missouri and a female master's student there commented, "You're working on your doctorate? You'll never get a husband." :confused:

DrPhil 04-18-2014 10:47 PM

Her niece and co-author http://suzannevenker.com/

clemsongirl 04-18-2014 10:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DrPhil (Post 2270764)
Is her viewpoint in the minority or majority? Is it considered outdated? Do younger generations not subscribe to that?

I personally don't care whether my future husband or I makes more money, as long as we're both well-off and financially stable. I would guess that many of my peers feel similarly to me in this regard, though I can't speak for everyone.

Also, I have never heard of this Phyllis Schlafly woman before, and all I can think of every time I read her name is Phyllis from The Office. I cannot shake this association.

DeltaBetaBaby 04-18-2014 11:11 PM

I don't need a husband, I'm going to keep a couple of 20-somethings in constant rotation by buying them nice jewelry and kicking them out when I feel like eating frosting straight from the can.

DrPhil 04-18-2014 11:14 PM

I miss The Office. :(

Would it help if Phyllis had some Bible quotes to back this stuff up? That would prove she isn't making this stuff up. It is factual and comes from an authoritative long lasting source.

Her niece supposedly speaks to the younger generations. I think there are generations of people in this country and around the world who agree with this crew. Some of these people may talk a good game but their life mirrors what Phyllis and crew are saying.

AOII Angel 04-19-2014 12:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by clemsongirl (Post 2270783)
I personally don't care whether my future husband or I makes more money, as long as we're both well-off and financially stable. I would guess that many of my peers feel similarly to me in this regard, though I can't speak for everyone.

Also, I have never heard of this Phyllis Schlafly woman before, and all I can think of every time I read her name is Phyllis from The Office. I cannot shake this association.

Look her up. She's a "famous" anti-feminist. If it is meant to help women, she is against it.

Sciencewoman 04-19-2014 08:07 AM

What always bothered my mom about Phyllis is that she made a career out of doing exactly what she preached women shouldn't do. She certainly wasn't staying at home...she was running around telling everyone that women shouldn't work, while running her organization, running for office, writing books, working the lecture circuit, etc. What a hypocrite.

Looks like her niece is just as much of a self-promoter.

ETA: I should clarify that my mom was fighting the good fight as a 1950s era college graduate...one of only 3 women in the business school at Michigan State, and she had to deal with a lot of blatant male chauvenism. One of her father's brothers actually asked him why they were wasting money sending a daughter to college. It really irked her that Phyllis was running around building her business on the premise that other women should stay at home.

AOII Angel 04-19-2014 09:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sciencewoman (Post 2270807)
What always bothered my mom about Phyllis is that she made a career out of doing exactly what she preached women shouldn't do. She certainly wasn't staying at home...she was running around telling everyone that women shouldn't work, while running her organization, running for office, writing books, working the lecture circuit, etc. What a hypocrite.

Looks like her niece is just as much of a self-promoter.

ETA: I should clarify that my mom was fighting the good fight as a 1950s era college graduate...one of only 3 women in the business school at Michigan State, and she had to deal with a lot of blatant male chauvenism. One of her father's brothers actually asked him why they were wasting money sending a daughter to college. It really irked her that Phyllis was running around building her business on the premise that other women should stay at home.

Too true! Sometimes it's hard to see with that big plank in your eye. :D She is what she proclaims is wrong in the world.


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