lame. (a rant).

A few weeks ago, I stumbled across a suitcase full of old cookbooks that someone had apparently discarded while I was taking the trash to the dumpster. I mean, really, really old--like from the 1920's & 30's. The recipes are interesting enough, but I'll tell you, what's most fascinating about these books are the advertisements in the back. The way they appealed to women back then is so different from the way they appeal to women now. For example: "Good hostesses prefer delicacies by Raffetto!" "Every good housewife want things to look bright and clean! Use SAMOLINE, it cleans everything!" "Is it any wonder that all good housewives of today prefer Ball?" Jars? Seems to me like any company trying to market something to women using a phrase like "good housewife" or "good hostess" would probably lose business anymore, if not get sued by some crazy feminist who decided it offended her. What's sad, to me, is that women today no longer take any pride in femininity. Our culture has been so poisoned by feminism, and women are no longer allowed by society to take pride in being a good hostess, in being a good cook, a good housekeeper, a good mother. Instead, we're told that we should be some sexy, sassy, high-end, high-mainenance, degree-earning, pants-wearing, dominating man-eater. There's no room in our culture to appreciate the beauty of fertility, to celebrate the new life that God creates in a woman. In fact, the widespread use of contraception has both told women that they ought not "create too much", thus robbing them of their most beautiful God-given gift, and has left them to find some other means to prove themselves as valuable contributors to society. And so they try to be like men. And that's lame. America, I am so sick of you.