Comments on: Patton Oswalt Wants You To Have Children http://www.sloganeering.org/blog/2009/08/27/patton-oswalt-wants-you-to-have-children/ Discurvsive Discourse. Of Course. Tue, 23 Mar 2010 00:01:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Jennifer http://www.sloganeering.org/blog/2009/08/27/patton-oswalt-wants-you-to-have-children/comment-page-1/#comment-55990 Jennifer Sun, 30 Aug 2009 15:28:45 +0000 http://www.sloganeering.org/blog/?p=1491#comment-55990 I think 99% of women who can give in (which is to say, they caught a man/sperm donor), do. That's how they stand it. The 1% of us left just get really pissed off. Who came up with it? Evolution, probably. Sigh. I think 99% of women who can give in (which is to say, they caught a man/sperm donor), do. That’s how they stand it. The 1% of us left just get really pissed off.

Who came up with it? Evolution, probably. Sigh.

]]> By: BC Silvia http://www.sloganeering.org/blog/2009/08/27/patton-oswalt-wants-you-to-have-children/comment-page-1/#comment-55943 BC Silvia Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:54:24 +0000 http://www.sloganeering.org/blog/?p=1491#comment-55943 That's the reason I don't hold much hope for society: If you want to stay single and childless, you get labeled. If you give in to the cultural pressure, you get to be miserable and/or go crazy. Who came up with this system? It's awful. And I'm saying this as a guy, even though the stakes are <em>way</em> lower for my gender. It's so much more frustrating, the pressure is so much more intense for women, and I don't know how they can stand it. That’s the reason I don’t hold much hope for society: If you want to stay single and childless, you get labeled. If you give in to the cultural pressure, you get to be miserable and/or go crazy. Who came up with this system? It’s awful.

And I’m saying this as a guy, even though the stakes are way lower for my gender. It’s so much more frustrating, the pressure is so much more intense for women, and I don’t know how they can stand it.

]]> By: Jennifer http://www.sloganeering.org/blog/2009/08/27/patton-oswalt-wants-you-to-have-children/comment-page-1/#comment-55942 Jennifer Fri, 28 Aug 2009 17:36:24 +0000 http://www.sloganeering.org/blog/?p=1491#comment-55942 So, as one of those folks who has clearly lost, will keep losing, and doesn't want to abuse a kid...whee. I love that feeling of wanting to be drunk at 10:30 in the morning... I don't want to have kids and god knows I couldn't get a husband if I bribed someone to marry me (not that this is a good idea either), but I do find it frustrating to be an automatic loser in society because I'm not doing this stuff. Not that I'd be happy if I did get married and spawn because odds are I'd be a screaming psycho, but I do get tired of sticking out like a sore thumb and getting treated like a freak. I especially loathe it as a female because when stuck around random groups of females (say, your coworkers), the conversation is always: 1. Your kids/grandkids 2. Your husband 3. Cooking 4. Cleaning. So I sit in the corner and hope to god nobody notices I exist. Fun times! At least you're a guy and don't have to limit your conversation to those topics around those of your own gender. So, as one of those folks who has clearly lost, will keep losing, and doesn’t want to abuse a kid…whee. I love that feeling of wanting to be drunk at 10:30 in the morning…

I don’t want to have kids and god knows I couldn’t get a husband if I bribed someone to marry me (not that this is a good idea either), but I do find it frustrating to be an automatic loser in society because I’m not doing this stuff. Not that I’d be happy if I did get married and spawn because odds are I’d be a screaming psycho, but I do get tired of sticking out like a sore thumb and getting treated like a freak. I especially loathe it as a female because when stuck around random groups of females (say, your coworkers), the conversation is always:

1. Your kids/grandkids
2. Your husband
3. Cooking
4. Cleaning.

So I sit in the corner and hope to god nobody notices I exist. Fun times! At least you’re a guy and don’t have to limit your conversation to those topics around those of your own gender.

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