Tuesday, February 23, 2010

REALLY??!

Remember my quote about women? Well, recently, Natalie stole it for her own blog and it created an uproar! Totally reminds me of the hygiene post (that i lost friends over... totally ridiculous. SHOWER PEOPLE! And don't lose friends because they do and you don't)... anyway, I'd like to respond. Because I can. You're entitled to your opinions, and I am entitled to mine. This is my blog and I'll post what I want! Isn't that great? Ok so you get to listen to me because you chose to come and stalk me. Now hear me out...

  1. I can't believe I started this! When I read this quote I was thinking "BOOM BABY!!!" (Emperor's New Groove). That's how much I loved it.
  2. For those of you who are LDS, shame on you. This is a PROPHET of the Lord speaking. How can you possibly disagree?! Do you know better than He does? Read it again. It says that you are equal to man and just as competitive as they are (Natalie is an example. She is in such a harsh community and career. Hard to compete. She's doing it! And let me tell you, that girl is a brilliant one).
  3. Let's refer to The Family: A Proclamation to the World: "By divine design, fathers are to preside over their families in love and righteousness and are responsible to provide the necessities of life and protection for their families. Mothers are primarily responsible for the nurture of their children. In these sacred responsibilities, fathers and mothers are obligated to help one another as equal partners."
  4. Those of you who aren't members of our church, we do not believe that women should never have a career. In fact, we are told by our last prophet that women should seek as much learning as possible. Education is vital. Check out this article by President Gordon B. Hinckley from 2007.
  5. At the end of the day, I don't care if you agree or disagree. That's why we have such an interesting world. Whatever your view, enter to LEARN, go forth to SERVE. (BYU's education motto, if you will).
God bless you and your little fiery competitive heads ;)
And don't forget to shower the people you love with love.
oh and ps. i love my sister so be kind or don't read her blog because you don't have to! thanks.

6 comments:

Kika VilaNova said...

haha love it! :)
and I cant believe you lost friends because of hte shower post. whattheheck??

Em said...

I love this, and I really loved that quote. It is bold though, in a feminist era where we're told we're supposed to have and do it all. (Nobody can do it all, you lose something to gain something else, every time).

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andrea said...

Wow. Just read the uproar. Quite unbelieveable, esp. the "outdated" excuse. Just because you are too young to have lived when a prophet was around, doesn't negate what he said! :) Well said Kara, well said. For the record, I LOVED the quote, and your defense of it. Some people really do not understand certain parts of the beautiful teachings of the gospel when they have it right in front of them.

brittany said...

I can't believe such an amazing quote created such an uprising either. Your totally right Kara...I think our prophet knows a little bit more than we do and we shouldn't question things they say. And it was such a compliment to women...I don't understand why an women would have a problem with it unless they didn't quite understand it.

Leslie said...

AMEN!

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