northener
15-Feb-11, 10:00
I've started this under a seperate thread so as not to hijack Bagpuss's thread regarding mums starting sidelines.
"Mumpreneurs"?
Which PR or media prawn thought up that condescending label? Gawd it sets my teeth on edge, it's like "Yummy Mummies"!
Every time I hear that I want to take a baseball bat to someones head. What a load of pretentious, patronising, shallow, one dimensional, trendy, follow-like-sheep crap.
"Mumpreneur" Translates as:
"Look everybody! Here's someone who has given birth but still has the intellect to run a business!" Thus implying that most mums are nothing more than gormless pram-pushers who cannot think beyond the next nappy-change (think Nursey off Blackadder and you'll get what I mean).
"YummyMummy":
"Look everybody! Here's someone who has given birth but still looks after themselves and holds down a pretty decent job!" Thus implying that most mothers are to be pitied as some slovenly house drudge who can not be trusted to get on a bus to work - let alone hold down a good job.
Another example is those annoying adverts on t'web (there's probably one on here if you look hard enough) where some "wierd old tip" was rediscovered by a "single mom". Now, what's the subliminal implication there then?[disgust]
Why is it that after all these years of women fighting to get equal opportunities and respect, some women will happily go along with these pretentious and degrading trendy labels as if it is something to be proud of?
Its the equivalent of standing a black man up on a chair and patting him on the head for not throwing spears at people in the Market Square!
Christ, I honestly thought people were brighter than that.
Thankyou for your attention. Rant over.:Razz
"Mumpreneurs"?
Which PR or media prawn thought up that condescending label? Gawd it sets my teeth on edge, it's like "Yummy Mummies"!
Every time I hear that I want to take a baseball bat to someones head. What a load of pretentious, patronising, shallow, one dimensional, trendy, follow-like-sheep crap.
"Mumpreneur" Translates as:
"Look everybody! Here's someone who has given birth but still has the intellect to run a business!" Thus implying that most mums are nothing more than gormless pram-pushers who cannot think beyond the next nappy-change (think Nursey off Blackadder and you'll get what I mean).
"YummyMummy":
"Look everybody! Here's someone who has given birth but still looks after themselves and holds down a pretty decent job!" Thus implying that most mothers are to be pitied as some slovenly house drudge who can not be trusted to get on a bus to work - let alone hold down a good job.
Another example is those annoying adverts on t'web (there's probably one on here if you look hard enough) where some "wierd old tip" was rediscovered by a "single mom". Now, what's the subliminal implication there then?[disgust]
Why is it that after all these years of women fighting to get equal opportunities and respect, some women will happily go along with these pretentious and degrading trendy labels as if it is something to be proud of?
Its the equivalent of standing a black man up on a chair and patting him on the head for not throwing spears at people in the Market Square!
Christ, I honestly thought people were brighter than that.
Thankyou for your attention. Rant over.:Razz