I don't have time to post everything I want to get off my chest, but I'm going to start here and maybe get a conversation going. This woman on The View yesterday pissed me off, and I just want to tear my hair out when I hear women say things like this woman did.

In short, she thinks we should dumb ourselves down to men. Men need to feel needed. So don't tell him if you know how to change a tire, just let him do it for you. She also has the attitude that a woman's life goal is supposed to be to get a man and keep him, and have his children. Nothing wrong with doing that if you want to, but you shouldn't be in the frame of mind that you can't be a complete person unless you have a man in your life romantically.

She said women seeking equality and all the things we've accomplished in the past forty years for women has led to men who don't want to get married. Ok, so don't marry those men! I don't need to get married to feel I'm a whole person. I love men, but I don't need men. And men don't need women. We need people, connections, but the type of connections don't have to be certain types of relationships.

I don't always agree with Whoopi Goldberg, but I really appreciated her giving her point of view on this topic. What if a man dies or leaves you, and you don't know how to pay the bills and take care of business? What if you have to go to work, but don't have an education? A woman should be able to take care of herself. I say that and I'm not able to do some things like change a tire, but at least I can do some stuff. I'm not helpless.

It makes me mad that, for all the fighting for rights we've done, some women don't appreciate it and want to go back to the 50's when women stayed home, cooked and cleaned, raised the family. Why can't men and women work inside and outside the home equally? I'm not saying they have to...if one (either one) wants to work outside and the other inside, that's fine, but it shouldn't be because you think you're supposed to play that role. We live in a day when we are much freer than we used to be, except for all the messages society and media tell us about our body image, what it is to be a woman, and what's a woman's worth. We're being knocked over all the time, saying we're supposed to look a certain way, act a certain way, and know our place.

That was longer than intended, but it's not all I have to say on the subject. Anyone want to jump in and continue this conversation (because it's not a conversation if no one responds, LOL!). BTW, I'm not man-bashing here; I just think we can value each other without putting the other beneath us.