kyle bailey blog 4

1. Even if a single mother is raising her children alone, I still think that they place gender roles on their children. To me this isn't "sexist" but mothers are aware that boys typically like boy things and girls typically like girl things. I don't think sexism comes into play here, but definitely gender role stereotypes do. Not quite sure how feminists would change this, or if any drastic changes need made at all at this point.
2. I don't think that mother's abusing their children goes unnoticed. I just think that we see more "Child Abuse" headlines than "Mother Abused Child". Look at all the cases of drugged up mother beating and allowing their children to be raped. I a have seen many articles related to these issues, I just don't think people are looking for them. I thought the video was pretty good. I thought it was good to show that these parents took a minute to reevaluate their situation and come to calm conclusion without harming the children. I saw some verbal abuse but no physical abuse.
"mothers abuse children 3 times more than dads" http://mkg4583.wordpress.com/2009/09/01/mothers-abuse-children-3-times-more-than-dads-federal-hhs-statistics/

1. First of all, she made it clear numerous times that she was conflicted between her faith and her work, not her husband. From what I understand her faint requires her reserve the majority of her body for her husband, not the general public. I did not see where she mentioned her husband being the sole reason for her change in career. All I saw in this video was an independent successful woman making a lifestyle choice based on conflict between her faith and her occupation. In my eyes this is not  example of the suppression of a
woman’s sexual freedom and expression. She is making this choice based on a personal decision due to two conflicting aspects of her life.

2There is no solution to a fulfilling marriage, people need to take time to get to know each other on every level, and not have kids to early so that they feel obligated to get married and the later on, get divorced which makes it twice as hard on their children. I just think people jump into holy matrimony way to fast, because it' "what we are supposed to do" according to society. I think if people were more concerned about getting to know their significant other, instead of having to deal withe the pressure of "when is the wedding" that we would't have so many divorced/unhappy couples.