The old and the new

Today I actually laid on my sofa and listened and slept to some music on my stereo . Its been quite a while since ive done that , in fact I used to do that after my daughter was born two years ago today . Slowly ive had less chance as the house has become a constant Evie zone . In fact as Rachel arrived home with a guest my peace was disturbed , but what I didn't expect was Evie so confidently removing my CD from the stereo and placing it on the table defiantly . I thought she was going to replace it with one of hers , but no . Just the removal of my music seemed the order of the day .She is only two today and already she is bossing me ! I put the CD back on  , but on returning to my laptop she had shut that down as well . As I said no peace today . Funnily she picked up this phrase and has spent the day saying " Daddy no peace " Well you have to laugh....

A subject I dont normally touch

There are certain subjects I avoid on this blog , yes really ! And feminism is one of them , but why ? Well basically its impossible to win any argument , not just because I am a man , but because not even women can agree with each other on this subject so I am certainly doomed to damnation if I try to make sense of the senseless . Let me give a recent example of this doomed to come to a satisfactory conclusion type subject .
   A report on the news said today that some girls at school were not happy playing certain sports as they made them feel unfeminine . It was suggested that perhaps cheer leading ( er yes really !) or a dance based activity may be provided for them instead . .Can you see a problem here ?  Well earlier on in the week the subject of gender typing was muted as being a problem in our schools when pupils choose their subjects . Pressure to confirm to stereo types was apparently being applied on them to choose traditional feminine subjects , this was seen as undesirable and restricting . Who knows if anyone was even denied the subjects they wanted ?
   So one minute its suggested girls should be offered more feminine sports to play and the next that feminine subjects may be wrong or a problem if over emphasised . I guess both camps are only wanting to offer CHOICE but how can one view ever be correct ? This is why I keep a million miles away normally from this subject . You can imagine the reception a man would get from both sides if he offered his judgement !!!

Also what is it about choices nowadays ? Everyone must have a choice , or be seen to . My generation grew up just playing what sport we were told to . The very idea of choosing or preferring another activity was totally alien to us . This certainly is a new way of thinking .