http://castironbalcony.media2.org/2009/10/04/essentialism-damages-even-kills/ A blog by an opinionated mother of two, which might lie idle for a while sometimes. The blog, that is. Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:08:11 -0800 hourly 1 http://castironbalcony.media2.org/2009/10/04/essentialism-damages-even-kills/comment-page-1/#comment-9537 18th Down Under Feminists’ Carnival! « Wallaby Sun, 08 Nov 2009 07:07:09 +0000 http://castironbalcony.media2.org/?p=700#comment-9537 [...] Violence generally also features, with Helen explaining why gender essentialism within families can be dangerous. [...] [...] Violence generally also features, with Helen explaining why gender essentialism within families can be dangerous. [...]

]]> http://castironbalcony.media2.org/2009/10/04/essentialism-damages-even-kills/comment-page-1/#comment-9355 derrida derider Tue, 13 Oct 2009 05:10:03 +0000 http://castironbalcony.media2.org/?p=700#comment-9355 I agree. Mind you given the evident mental health issues here I don't think either mum or dad should have gone down for murder. A very, very sad case all round. I agree. Mind you given the evident mental health issues here I don’t think either mum or dad should have gone down for murder. A very, very sad case all round.

]]> http://castironbalcony.media2.org/2009/10/04/essentialism-damages-even-kills/comment-page-1/#comment-9324 Angie Sat, 10 Oct 2009 07:19:15 +0000 http://castironbalcony.media2.org/?p=700#comment-9324 Thank you for writing this. The very same thought has been swirling in my head since the verdicts were announced. The very notion that a man wouldn't be as culpable as a woman because he is a father and not a mother is ... well so repugnant as to be beyond words really. Thank you for writing this. The very same thought has been swirling in my head since the verdicts were announced. The very notion that a man wouldn’t be as culpable as a woman because he is a father and not a mother is … well so repugnant as to be beyond words really.

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