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Cleaver
Knowledge
By Mona Lease
Hi, all!! This column has been floating around in my head for a
while now. Follow me - if you dare.
Was it in the '60's that we - as a people - told June Cleaver to drop
the pearls - she could be more - "deserved" to be more than just Mrs.
Ward Cleaver...that she could have her "dream" (some women did not know
they had a dream and were told to get one!). June was told that little
Beaver would be ok without so much supervision...that it would be good
for him to learn independence. Wasn't it at that time that a woman
hired a lawyer and struck out on her own in search of the famed "Career
Woman Path" and all the "glitter and glitz" that came with it?
Wasn't it after that - a woman buying a home on her own - having a
career on her own - that "someone" came up with the idea that she could
have a child on her own, too? No adoption - her very own - no man -
just a few thousand frozen sperm and a reputable Dr? But - it looks to
me like we have gone in a circle. And here's why...
We have more college educated people and yet fewer jobs. We've told the
elders years ago to not be a "prude" or "uptight" - sex is a natural
act - nothing of which to be ashamed. Now sex is taught in some schools
at the age of 10 - 10! And contraceptives are passed out like Halloween
candy!! For all of the "free love" - we have more violence - more women
having babies on their own - not necessarily by their choice.
I do not hear girls talking of going to college or carving out a career
on their own - or buying a home on their own, etc.
I believe June Cleaver would have sat Beaver down at the kitchen table
with a pan of brownies (homemade, of course) and a glass of milk and
told him that skin color makes no difference - right is still right and
wrong is still wrong. I think June would have said you go into a store
showing respect to the store owner and the other customers there...that
you do not finger the merchandise or take it out of the package.
I think June would have told Beaver that the law is to be followed. If
you do not agree with a court's decision - you do not go off, burn down
a town, and destroy innocent citizens' property. What is supposed to
set human beings apart from the animals is the humans' power to reason.
To me - it looks like the "Career Woman" path is old hat. It has been
proven that that path is a long one with long hours at work and longer
ones at home preparing for the next "rung" on the corporate
ladder...which was the exact reason for many divorces in the beginning!
I think June would have told Beaver that if it is manmade and all
"glittery" - that "glitter" will surely fade and crumble. I think
she would have said to him that no matter what happens good or bad - we
all have to live on this planet. We may as well make it easy on
ourselves and follow the rules. And she surely would have said - "If
you spent as much time doing the right thing as you do trying to get
out of doing it - your life would be great."
Remember the kiddies and our service people. Take good care of the
furry and feathered ones out there. Be safe and healthy. See ya next
time. Ever Toodles!! MONA
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