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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / May 2005Our New Children
Our New Children: The Surrogate Role of Companion Animals in Women's Lives by Wendy G. Turner http://www.nova.edu/ssss/QR/QR6-1/turner.html More hate from 1chip-state1@earthlink.net IP # 64.203.38.114 > More hate from 1chip-state1@earthlink.net > IP # 64.203.38.114 John, are you still reading this dickhead's posts? ;) >> More hate from 1chip-state1@earthlink.net >> IP # 64.203.38.114 > >John, are you still reading this dickhead's posts? ;) I've been in newsgroups for 10 years but this Los Angeles area pile of sh.t got to me. All I can say is, 1chip-state1@earthlink.net IP # 64.203.38.114 OrgAbuseName: ABUSE TEAM OrgAbusePhone: +1-404-815-0770 OrgAbuseEmail: abuse@abuse.earthlink.net Also, he killed Rusty last month. > Also, he killed Rusty last month. Who is Rusty? I haven't really been following his posts much. Candace >> Also, he killed Rusty last month. > > Who is Rusty? I haven't really been following his posts much. > > Candace I can't wait to read the next installment by JR. Really! :^) >>> Also, he killed Rusty last month. >> [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >I can't wait to read the next installment by JR. Really! :^) 1chip-state1@earthlink.net IP # 64.203.38.114 OrgAbuseName: ABUSE TEAM OrgAbusePhone: +1-404-815-0770 OrgAbuseEmail: abuse@abuse.earthlink.net >> Also, he killed Rusty last month. > > Who is Rusty? I haven't really been following his posts much. > > Candace Hmm. Boy, I guess it pays to skip posts. I have no idea. The article was mildly interesting. >>> Also, he killed Rusty last month. >> [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Hmm. Boy, I guess it pays to skip posts. I have no idea. The article > was mildly interesting. Rusty was our pet indoor only tabby who died mid April due to a second heart attack at age 14. He had an enlarged heart condition that the vet believed was a congenital abnormality. If you're interested in what drew me to this forum, please review the early Bengal cat posts from April for yourself. I do mention Rusty in a couple of those posts. I doubt the resident bedwetter will take the time. 1chip-state1@earthlink.net IP # 64.203.38.114 OrgAbuseName: ABUSE TEAM OrgAbusePhone: +1-404-815-0770 OrgAbuseEmail: abuse@abuse.earthlink.net > 1chip-state1@earthlink.net > IP # 64.203.38.114 > > OrgAbuseName: ABUSE TEAM > OrgAbusePhone: +1-404-815-0770 > OrgAbuseEmail: abuse@abuse.earthlink.net John--Phillip is not violating his terms of service. a.sholes are allowed to speak their minds freely in Usenet. Just laugh at the dickhead and go on about your business. Let him get what sad satisfaction he can from those who engage him, you know? > > Also, he killed Rusty last month. > > Who is Rusty? I haven't really been following his posts much. If you've read one blowhard, you've read them all. > >> More hate from 1chip-state1@earthlink.net > >> IP # 64.203.38.114 [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Also, he killed Rusty last month. Rusty?? What did I miss? > Our New Children: The Surrogate Role of Companion Animals in Women's Lives > > by Wendy G. Turner > > http://www.nova.edu/ssss/QR/QR6-1/turner.html Hmm. Mildly interesting. Not a very big field of study participants. I don't think it takes a rocket scientist to figure out that people view their pets as companions and closer to children. I mean, look at all the products for them! My living room definitely looks about as toy filled as someone with kids. I think it's too bad they don't look more at men, who probably suffer more with pet loss because it is somewhat socially acceptable for women to grieve pet death and I sometimes wonder if men aren't at a disadvantage there with people understanding how hard it is for them, since they are not seen as the "care givers". And yet, online, I have noticed that sometimes men seem at least if not more distraught. A support group is sure the key. I'm very lucky because when Grant died not only my friends and my online friends extremely supportive, but my co-workers absolutely treated me as though I had lost a child and were completely sympathetic and helpful in understanding my feelings and could tell when my grief was affecting me, probably more so than I did. >> Our New Children: The Surrogate Role of Companion Animals in >> Women's Lives [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > sympathetic and helpful in understanding my feelings and could tell > when my grief was affecting me, probably more so than I did. A pleasant middle of the road response. :^) Couple of reactions: 1) Women without children followed by women whose children are up, out, and on their own, especially if their husband has done likewise get the most attached to pets. Women are more wired to be caregivers than men. Must be a breast thing. ;^) 2) It is more of an eyebrow raiser in North America (can't speak to other places) to witness men as caregivers let alone displaying grief. 3) When a woman is happily married and with children, pets are way down the list of care priorities ... sort of an accessory. Now, if this woman associates with a lot of childless women (see item #1), then this prioritization will probably seem foreign. 1chip-state1@earthlink.net IP # 64.203.38.114 OrgAbuseName: ABUSE TEAM OrgAbusePhone: +1-404-815-0770 OrgAbuseEmail: abuse@abuse.earthlink.net > 1chip-state1@earthlink.net > IP # 64.203.38.114 > > OrgAbuseName: ABUSE TEAM > OrgAbusePhone: +1-404-815-0770 > OrgAbuseEmail: abuse@abuse.earthlink.net Also if you keep posting the same message over and over you could get into trouble with your own ISP, so be careful. I want the good guys to win. > >> Our New Children: The Surrogate Role of Companion Animals in > >> Women's Lives [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] > associates with a lot of childless women (see item #1), then this > prioritization will probably seem foreign. There are men who become just as attached to pets and women, though. My DH is the personificationo of Robert de Niro's character in "Meet the Parents" re: his relationship with Jinxie. He doesn't give a damn who's eyebrows are raised, though. It's not that much of an eyebrow-raiser, though, for men to be caregivers. Maybe it was in 1960, but not anymore. Witness the number of male nurses, single dads, etc. etc. Sherry Sherry
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