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Standards: Get Some So You Can Stop Being Upset At Someone Else’s
Another day, another woman was criticized for her standards. As I was scrolling on IG the other day, I came across a post of a young married couple discussing purchasing a home. The wife told the husband that she felt that it was his responsibility to put her in a home and she did not want to contribute to the purchase financially. She wanted to be able to say that her husband provided their home. In short, she was traditional and I understand that mentality. Needless to say, the comments were rife with strong opinions and as I was reading the comments, a few things were clear:
1. Women are some of the biggest misogynists
Some of the most disparaging comments came from women. The opinions ran the gamut from crying laughing emojis, to seemingly rage at the “audacity of this woman to expect this”. Also, why would she want to be dependent? She should want to be a partner. I’m assuming that partnership means everyone is doing the same thing which is not what partnership is. Partnership means shared responsibilities, but the distribution of responsibilities can be different. I digress.
Having a difference of opinion is one thing. However, upset at the standards that someone has for their own life? How? If as a woman, you have elected to “toil the land…
