Response to Raynard Jackson’s Chauvinistic Article “Feminism Lays An Egg”
I agree that this new mother’s decision to coach a game the day after giving birth is not the norm, but why would it be considered irresponsible? Oh, yeah, it’s from a man’s perspective. But let’s look at a few different twists on this scenario…
What if the husband was a coach and it was his big playoff game? I’m pretty sure he would do the responsible thing and show up to coach his team. Everyone would throw him high-fives and congratulate him on his newest edition to the family. If the man did not show up for his team they would call him irresponsible. My father was a coach and I’m pretty certain he would not let a new baby stop him from being there for his team. It’s called responsibility and team work.
Just an FYI Mr. Jackson…. By the time a woman gets to her third child she has it down to a science. Amber clearly knew what she could handle after childbirth. My daughter-in-law had everyone in the room with her for hours on end for the delivery of her first child. It was a big occasion. By her third and last child, she had everything timed. When she got to the point that she thought the baby would be there within the hour, she sent her husband to get a Phili Cheese Steak from across the street hoping it would be hot after she delivered. They called me to bring the other children up in that same last hour. By the time we arrived, my son was holding the baby and she was sitting up eating the cheese steak.
Now, if you’re concerned about the health of the coach that decided to go to work, I know some places in Georgia they send people on welfare home the day after having a baby – that’s the wonderful healthcare system. And, back in the day, women left the field to deliver their baby and returned to the field to finish working that same day.
The million-dollar question would be: why did the baby have to stay with strangers? Where was the dad?
I totally agree that someone needs to raise the children. But I could not let this one get by me. Mr. Jackson, you said all these negative things about this winning coach, wife, and mother, including actually said social services should take the child and she is unfit, however, the only reference to the father is about who wears the pants. What’s up with that?
Mr. Jackson I appreciate your thought-provoking articles that you contribute to Dogon Village but I have to call you out on this one. If the National Organization of Women (NOW) has anything to say, it should be about your archaic, chauvinistic views.
If my grandmother, who was born in the 1800’s, could go back to work after delivering a baby, why can’t Amber Branson?
https://www.dogonvillage.com/?p=1581
Here’s the story about Coach Branson:
Coach Doesn’t Let Birth Get In The Way Of Leading Team To State
