"This parking space is for expectant mothers and fathers with new born children."
Think about this "gender neutral" message for a moment. . . Does the huge luxury store that caters to my every whim for cheese or wine or meat want to earn points and create a customer-friendly image with politically correct, nonsexist nonsense which sounds like it was translated from a foreign language?
Why does an expectant father need a special parking place? Is he bloating or having charley horse pains in his hip as his waist expands so far he can't see his feet? Or this. If a woman has a new born in the car and drives to the Giant Eagle, is she even aware that she might be expecting another wee one? Or is the sign missing a comma, and really means the space is only for expectant mothers, or for fathers driving around with a new born in the car? But that would mean mothers with a new born can't park there.
Also, think of the insensitivities this communicates to radical feminists (aka feminazis) who believe pregnant women are not even mothers, but simply carriers of a clump of parasitic cells that can be removed because it isn't a human yet.
Think about this and the last time you went to the store with young children. Is it really more difficult to schlep a new born into the store than two toddlers and a sullen teen-ager who would rather not be seen with you? Which one really needs to be nearer the door?
Believe me, forty plus years ago I never took young children or babies to the grocery store, or to church, or to day care. Saturday morning at Kroger's or Tarpy's was MY time, and I wasn't about to share it.
Wednesday, June 08, 2011
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Babysitters and granmas can't park there.
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