Comments on: Are You Strong?

By: » Worse THan Nothing……it’s QUIZ TIME! Amie Stuart ~ On the Back Porch

Thu, 28 Jun 2007 16:21:36 +0000

[…] LOL……..I”m also over at Naughty and Spice today…blogging about female empowerment. […]

By: ~ Dennie

~ Dennie — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 14:53:56 +0000

oh boy–I have pissed off one friend (who I was sorry she stopped talking to me) and a relative (who is better off in another country–thank you god!) by telling them “You do what you have to do” in regards to their kids when they say they can do this or that. I mean don’t whine to me about how hard it is. Everyone has a hard life–it’s how you deal with it that makes or breaks you!

Maybe that’s not what you meant by empowering–dunno, I think when women realize they can do things (sometimes HAVE to do things) that to me is empowerment–don’t depend on someone else to come wipe your nose and help you along the way

By: Shiloh Walker

Shiloh Walker — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 13:50:35 +0000

Teach your daughters and sisters how to buy a car, how to check the oil, and the air in the tires, how to balance a check book, and even how to throw a mean right hook.

Uh… no…the DH can teach the daughter how to check the oil and the air, but I don’t wanna know. I was told a very long time ago to stay away from anything mechanical. It’s excellent advice.

However my right hook isn’t just mean…it’s wicked. and all of my kids are going to learn self defense. not just one class, but they are training in taekwondo until they either obtain their black belt or they move out. It’s a rule.

By: Feisty

Feisty — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 03:12:46 +0000

Awesome post, Aimie! I feel like every time I write a heroine who has no problem telling the hero exactly what she wants, it’s pretty empowering. I think as women we’re often led to feel guilty if we say what we want. And we often put our needs after other’s. Thats why I love writing what I do-I can create women who never feel bad for demanding what their little hearts desire. Even if it’s to be real good.

By: Amie Stuart

Amie Stuart — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 01:07:40 +0000

Larissa ABSOLUTELY! That’s the only way they learn….from their mothers (and their dads!). They also need to know how to be self-sufficient. My step-mom is still amazed every time my dad folds a load of laundry for her.

By: Larissa Ione

Larissa Ione — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 01:04:02 +0000

I don’t know that I’ve really been empowering women…but since my husband is gone so much, often for weeks or months at a time (well, except for the recent desk job, sigh,) I have to do EVERYTHING. From oil changes to moving furniture to mowing the lawn to fixing the furnace. And I make sure my son knows that women can do these things just as competently as men. I’m trying to raise him to respect women, the same way my parents did with my brother.

Does that count? :)

By: Amie Stuart

Amie Stuart — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 21:39:08 +0000

Shelli I agree…I have friends like that and sometimes I want to slap them.

By: Shelli

Shelli — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 21:10:20 +0000

Ah, thanks, Amie. I really hope so! I’m certainly trying.

Raine you’re so right. And it can be hard to stay understanding with those women sometimes. You sound like you’re doing great.

By: raine

raine — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 16:30:37 +0000

It’s a good cause, Ames, and yay for supporting it.

Empowering women?
With me, my thing is (with relatives, friends, etc.) being supportive of women in abusive/loveless relationships. The lack of self-esteem we’re often raised with that teaches us that we’re NOT strong, or that we’re somehow inferior, or that we NEED a man. It’s fine to WANT one, but if that relationship isn’t good for you–hey, you can do bad all by yourself.

Or better.

By: Amie

Amie — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 15:51:16 +0000

YOu’re a strong woman Shel. And I don’t doubt that you’ll raise a strong woman, too