http://www.today.com/parents/duggar-baby-news-jill-derick-reveal-theyre-expecting-boy-1D80231234?adbid=10152830596331350&adbpl=fb&adbpr=12566691349&cid=sm_t_main_1_20141021_34120497
Beside the fact it's ridiculous they have to annouce this on national TV, this comment really makes me stabby. Pretty much sums up how they view women.
"As a new dad, to have a firstborn son to be our first child and be the leader of his siblings, it is very special," he said.
What differentiates an average host and a great host is anticipating unexpressed needs and wants of their guests. Just because the want/need is not expressed, doesn't mean it wouldn't be appreciated.
Re: Duggar baby news
I am a petty, petty person.
I'm the fuck out.
If I told my siblings that I was their "leader" (I'm the oldest), they'd probably be very fast to put me in my place.
Because it's totally that easy when you've grown up in a household like that. Yes, any of the kids could leave but I don't think it's fair to act like if they were unhappy it would be so easy to leave just because their parents wouldn't run after them with a rifle. There's plenty of ways to make someone feel trapped without using a weapon.
Hey Evil Bitch and Whacked Out Creep - raise your own damn crotch spawn. Don't make older crotch spawn do the job.
And fuck blanket training sideways. That's not parenting, that's child abuse.
That's me at my absolute nicest towards them.
It bothers me that these girls are expected to instantly start their own large family... and the attitude that girls are only good for procreation and motherhood. Even Michelle & Jim Bob didn't have kids right away. Michelle was on birth control after they got married and they waited four years to have kids! Yet, it's kind of assumed and expected that the kids will get married and immediately have babies and will of course choose to have 20+ kids of their own. And so far they seem to be living up to that expectation.
And yeah, that comment about men being the leaders is kind of disturbing.
You know what? This topic gets me a little bent out of shape. It really bothers me when people rail against the religious for being a certain way and for trying to spread their beliefs. Isn't that the pot calling the kettle black? Just because it appears none of us were raised like the Duggars, we're going to sit here and claim they're cultish and brainwashed? Because they should totally be off dating whomever they want, getting higher education, and pursuing their own lives besides marrying young and popping out babies? So what if they're raised to defer to men and be homemakers? As long as they're not going to you (general you) personally and telling you that you should obey and defer to your husband and have babies, what do you care? They think we're going to hell, but you're somehow better than them and think they're brainwashed. This clearly goes both ways, and it's dumb.
Some subcultures are toxic. Should we not criticize FDLS for child brides and forced polygamy because some of them are happy? Is Quiverfull teaching that your husband is right about all things, even if he beats you ok because some women aren't beaten by their husbands?
I don't give a fuck about Michelle and Jim Bob. They're adults. But when you're shipping your daughters off to special camps if the show any sign of not being a door mat, then yes, you're a terrible parent and you are brainwashing your kids.