Cathy Classics by Cathy Guisewite for November 10, 2013
November 09, 2013
November 11, 2013
Transcript:
Cathy: I am woman! Hear me roar! Charlene: I am woman! Hear me roar, then check out my cute navel ring! Cathy: My generation worked from dawn until midnight to prove women are equal in the workplace! Charlene: Of course I'm equal, and I don't have to dress like one of the boys to prove it! Cathy: We put off relationships and families to lobby against sexual discrimination and harassment! Charlene: If men can't keep their lecherouse eyeballs to themselves, it's their problem! Cathy: We sacrificed everything so women would quit being viewed as mere sex objects! Charlene: I have brains, talent, a will of iron and abs of steel! Cathy: We opened doors for you! Transformed the world for you! We empowered you! Charlene: I have the company logo tattooed on my thigh and the legal department on auto-dial! Saleswoman: May I help you? Cathy: Yes, I want the last 25 years back.
QuietStorm27 over 10 years ago
I think the problem is that in most families both parents have to work or too many of us are single mothers who have to work and no one’s watching the children or talking to them about the dangers of sex, drugs and alcohol.
QuietStorm27 over 10 years ago
Hello “Cathy” clan.
Gretchen's Mom over 10 years ago
I’d like the last 25 years of my life back too. What I wouldn’t give to be 20 years old again!!! Life is good now, of course . . . but when you’re that young, with the whole world and all its possibilities still stretched out before you, it just seems like it’s so much better!!!!! ;-)
Hi, rgcviper!
Hello and Happy Sunday, fellow “Cathy” fans. Hope everyone’s been having a really nice weekend so far!
rgcviper over 10 years ago
I can relate, Cathy. Sometimes I’d love to go back, too.
You know, I just started wondering tonight where our friends Aaron and Billy are now. I still miss them here.
HI, MOM. Happy Sunday, Clan.
lightenup Premium Member over 10 years ago
Kind of reminds me of what I would think a person who fought for civil rights in the 60’s would say to someone who doesn’t care now.Shyygirl and Susan – I don’t think the problem is single or working mothers. I think the problem is that every generation seems to think they need to take things further than the last generation, and people have lost all perspective of what is good for us anymore. I support being in touch with your sexuality and having choices, but respect for yourself and others should come first. Now it seems cool to be sexual and experienced, but at the same time a popular insult is calling someone else a slut. People don’t seem to know when they’ve crossed the line anymore and it’s sad.
lindz.coop Premium Member over 10 years ago
Teaching Women’s Studies at the university for a few years opened my eyes to both sides of the issue. Feeling used and abused does not get the message across to young people that the battle for equality is not over. Inviting them to meetings where the issues are discussed does a lot to open eyes — and what has been really fun for me is that a lot of the young men seem to get as much or more from the meetings and classes than the young women who show up. At the last meeting I attended for domestic violence, 3 teenage boys stood up and said that they really got what the whole thing is about, and they also recognized that it was going to have to be their generation that takes action and does something about it. Yay!!