Posted on 03/06/2005 3:52:14 AM PST by Kitten Festival
One day recently, while performing some house-husbandly chores, I tuned in to National Public Radio for diversion. In short order I heard the story of some women who have started "Mistresses Anonymous" to help deal with the pain, rage, and frustration; of those "other women" in our society; then the story of support groups for expectant fathers who feel sympathetic labor pains. This one-two punch, coming on the heels of an invitation from a well-respected college to a "math anxiety" workshop in preparation for a math test and the discovery that I am a likely candidate for Post-Vietnam Stress Syndrome sent my brain reeling.
“Where does all this baloney come from", I asked myself.
After some thought, the answer came to me. Do you remember the ‘-ology’ majors you went to school with in the 60's? You know the type - mellow, organic, empathic, and committed to whatever cause was 'in' that month. Pretty fuzzy at math and science, but hell on wheels at slinging the old cow-flop. Ever wonder what happened to them? There can only be so many organic food stores, writers for Mother Jones and the Village Voice, producers for CBS, researchers for Greenpeace or NPR, and staffers for Teddy Kennedy, Henry Waxman, and the DNC. What happened to the rest of them? After all, being committed and aware per se doesn't pay very well in a capitalist society.
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Good for a morning laugh!
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