[DEBATE] : Re: whining

[Deborah Ewing]

> 'all things being equal'

I think you have made the case for us (label 'us' as you please)

On Jun 1, 2006, at 11:20 AM, Peter Mahlangu wrote:

> Of course, the father must assist, especially if the
> mother needs a rest or is busy cooking, but the
> primary responsibility, all things being equal, lies
> with the mother.
>
>
> --- Kerry Cullinan <kerry at health-e.org.za> wrote:
>
>> Oh, Peter, Peter, Peter. Usually I don't bother with
>> your more extreme
>> comments. But I'm not going to let you claim that
>> women are whining about
>> breastfeeding. Do you know any such whiners? For all
>> my friends and I who
>> have given birth to children, breastfeeding was a
>> wonderful experience. But
>> given that both pregnancy and breastfeeding takes
>> its toll physically (as
>> for months you are the only source of your baby's
>> food) is it really so
>> unreasonable to expect that the father of the baby
>> helps with the kids? Or
>> do you ascribe to the capitalist definition of a dad
>> as being the person who
>> goes out and earns the cash?
>>
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