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		<title>By: Jezebella</title>
		<link>http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2008/08/10/as-long-as-were-talking-about-dudes-and-kids/#comment-164927</link>
		<dc:creator>Jezebella</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 17:52:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey, how do you get to be the lady kids come a-knocking for when things go yucky on them?  At the moment I&#039;m the crazy witchy cat lady in the neighborhood (no kids, no man, she must be mean!) through no fault of my own.  I&#039;d rather they think they can run to me for help in a pinch.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey, how do you get to be the lady kids come a-knocking for when things go yucky on them?  At the moment I&#8217;m the crazy witchy cat lady in the neighborhood (no kids, no man, she must be mean!) through no fault of my own.  I&#8217;d rather they think they can run to me for help in a pinch.</p>
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		<title>By: bizzielizzie</title>
		<link>http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2008/08/10/as-long-as-were-talking-about-dudes-and-kids/#comment-164884</link>
		<dc:creator>bizzielizzie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 22:36:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I have an upstairs neighbour who adores his six year old daughter and buys her everything she asks for. She&#039;s the apple of his eye unless he&#039;s been drinking buckfast, in which case he can&#039;t even see her in front of his face and terrifies her and her mammy. The police take him for chill time then he&#039;s home in the morning.

Long story short, the girl chapped the door the other day and said &quot;There&#039;s this man in my house who says he&#039;s my uncle but he&#039;s not my uncle and he keeps trying to cuddle me and I don&#039;t want to be cuddled so I just ran to your door.&quot; I say &quot;WHAT?&quot; The wee one says &quot;Daddy&#039;s fishing friend.&quot; 
&quot;Is he allowed in your bedroom?&quot;
&quot;Yes&quot;
&quot;What I tell my girl to do if a grown up lays hands on her and she&#039;s not happy with it is scream &quot;FUCK OFF, YOU&#039;RE NOT MY DADDY/ MUMMY!&quot; as loud as she can, and keep screaming it.&quot;
&quot;I&#039;m not allowed to shout or swear.&quot;
&quot;Okay. Is mummy in?&quot;
&quot;Yes.&quot;
&quot;Go and tell mummy exactly what you&#039;ve told me and say you don&#039;t want to shout and swear &#039;cause you&#039;re a good girl, but can he please be kept out of your bedroom.&quot;
&quot;Okay.&quot; 
&quot;Good lass.&quot;
I follow her upstairs thirty seconds behind to eyeball the scene and this little man is coming out of her room with a big grin on his face. He says to my six year old daughter in a strange flirtatious way &quot;Is this yer mammy, or is it yer sister,&quot; pretty poor patter even among grown-ups, but chilling in the context. I get the kid again and say &quot;Tell mummy.&quot; When I come back moments later and Little Man is gone, I breathe out.

So... Adoring Daddy accosts me on the staircase three days later. &quot;Whit you been telling the wean, telling her to shout and that? She just told me the now.&quot; In the ensuing meeting of minds he tells me he will send Little Man to my door so I can say to face what I think of him, then turns his flabby hide to leave and says &quot;Mind your own business you nosy cow,&quot; after turning his back on me. I had my three month old son with me, so I said nothing, thought for a bit, then notified the police of the whole unsettling series of events, finding an opportunity to warn the lady of the household. If I&#039;m to expect guests I&#039;d like to know whom it is I&#039;m expecting. I hope the all female team they&#039;ve just sent up to chap his door give his ass a thorough feeling. 

To brandish a cliche, &quot;I just adore children, but I couldn&#039;t eat a whole one.&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have an upstairs neighbour who adores his six year old daughter and buys her everything she asks for. She&#8217;s the apple of his eye unless he&#8217;s been drinking buckfast, in which case he can&#8217;t even see her in front of his face and terrifies her and her mammy. The police take him for chill time then he&#8217;s home in the morning.</p>
<p>Long story short, the girl chapped the door the other day and said &#8220;There&#8217;s this man in my house who says he&#8217;s my uncle but he&#8217;s not my uncle and he keeps trying to cuddle me and I don&#8217;t want to be cuddled so I just ran to your door.&#8221; I say &#8220;WHAT?&#8221; The wee one says &#8220;Daddy&#8217;s fishing friend.&#8221;<br />
&#8220;Is he allowed in your bedroom?&#8221;<br />
&#8220;Yes&#8221;<br />
&#8220;What I tell my girl to do if a grown up lays hands on her and she&#8217;s not happy with it is scream &#8220;FUCK OFF, YOU&#8217;RE NOT MY DADDY/ MUMMY!&#8221; as loud as she can, and keep screaming it.&#8221;<br />
&#8220;I&#8217;m not allowed to shout or swear.&#8221;<br />
&#8220;Okay. Is mummy in?&#8221;<br />
&#8220;Yes.&#8221;<br />
&#8220;Go and tell mummy exactly what you&#8217;ve told me and say you don&#8217;t want to shout and swear &#8217;cause you&#8217;re a good girl, but can he please be kept out of your bedroom.&#8221;<br />
&#8220;Okay.&#8221;<br />
&#8220;Good lass.&#8221;<br />
I follow her upstairs thirty seconds behind to eyeball the scene and this little man is coming out of her room with a big grin on his face. He says to my six year old daughter in a strange flirtatious way &#8220;Is this yer mammy, or is it yer sister,&#8221; pretty poor patter even among grown-ups, but chilling in the context. I get the kid again and say &#8220;Tell mummy.&#8221; When I come back moments later and Little Man is gone, I breathe out.</p>
<p>So&#8230; Adoring Daddy accosts me on the staircase three days later. &#8220;Whit you been telling the wean, telling her to shout and that? She just told me the now.&#8221; In the ensuing meeting of minds he tells me he will send Little Man to my door so I can say to face what I think of him, then turns his flabby hide to leave and says &#8220;Mind your own business you nosy cow,&#8221; after turning his back on me. I had my three month old son with me, so I said nothing, thought for a bit, then notified the police of the whole unsettling series of events, finding an opportunity to warn the lady of the household. If I&#8217;m to expect guests I&#8217;d like to know whom it is I&#8217;m expecting. I hope the all female team they&#8217;ve just sent up to chap his door give his ass a thorough feeling. </p>
<p>To brandish a cliche, &#8220;I just adore children, but I couldn&#8217;t eat a whole one.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: Moose</title>
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		<dc:creator>Moose</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jun 2010 09:14:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Of course, the adoption-as-proof-of-men&#039;s-love statistic is completely bogus for one simple reason: any child being adopted by one man has almost certainly been rejected by at least one other - it&#039;s biological father.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Of course, the adoption-as-proof-of-men&#8217;s-love statistic is completely bogus for one simple reason: any child being adopted by one man has almost certainly been rejected by at least one other &#8211; it&#8217;s biological father.</p>
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		<title>By: Dana</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dana</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 03:44:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I read several years ago about this fundamentalist &quot;Christian&quot; guy (in Texas?  not sure) who ranted and raved about a local gay couple who were fostering a little girl.  Raised nine shades of hell til the state took her from her foster dads.  Adopted her himself.  Then proceeded to molest her.

The wife found out about it, shit a brick, and (IIRC) turned him in.

That influenced me to wonder how many of these dirtbags ranting about gay men molesting little boys are actually molesting boys *or* girls themselves.

My mom&#039;s boyfriend/new husband (not sure) wanted to adopt me when I was very small.  My dad found out about it and that was one of his reasons for suing for custody.  I guess you could say my situation was different, though--my dad is no saint, but he never molested me or anything, and it was my mom who was the nut (based on my observations of her behavior now that I&#039;m an adult) and who wasn&#039;t taking care of me.  I do wonder what Mom&#039;s boyfriend or husband or whatever he was&#039;s motivations were in wanting to adopt me though.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I read several years ago about this fundamentalist &#8220;Christian&#8221; guy (in Texas?  not sure) who ranted and raved about a local gay couple who were fostering a little girl.  Raised nine shades of hell til the state took her from her foster dads.  Adopted her himself.  Then proceeded to molest her.</p>
<p>The wife found out about it, shit a brick, and (IIRC) turned him in.</p>
<p>That influenced me to wonder how many of these dirtbags ranting about gay men molesting little boys are actually molesting boys *or* girls themselves.</p>
<p>My mom&#8217;s boyfriend/new husband (not sure) wanted to adopt me when I was very small.  My dad found out about it and that was one of his reasons for suing for custody.  I guess you could say my situation was different, though&#8211;my dad is no saint, but he never molested me or anything, and it was my mom who was the nut (based on my observations of her behavior now that I&#8217;m an adult) and who wasn&#8217;t taking care of me.  I do wonder what Mom&#8217;s boyfriend or husband or whatever he was&#8217;s motivations were in wanting to adopt me though.</p>
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		<title>By: Esme</title>
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		<dc:creator>Esme</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:16:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Couldn&#039;t another possible explanation be that women who want kids but don&#039;t want a partner find some sperm (I hear they have these whole banks full of the stuff) and have their own kid, rather than adopting?

As for the vlogging post: I was yet another kid whose father fought bitterly for custody and neglected me well beyond the point of criminality. The judge deciding the custody? Didn&#039;t actually give a rat&#039;s ass, in spite of many letters written to him by me, my mother, and my mother&#039;s lawyer.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Couldn&#8217;t another possible explanation be that women who want kids but don&#8217;t want a partner find some sperm (I hear they have these whole banks full of the stuff) and have their own kid, rather than adopting?</p>
<p>As for the vlogging post: I was yet another kid whose father fought bitterly for custody and neglected me well beyond the point of criminality. The judge deciding the custody? Didn&#8217;t actually give a rat&#8217;s ass, in spite of many letters written to him by me, my mother, and my mother&#8217;s lawyer.</p>
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		<title>By: Virago</title>
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		<dc:creator>Virago</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 10:28:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hmm...it doesn&#039;t surprise me that most adoptions by men are a wife and kids package. Someone up thread said it before. These men aren&#039;t doing the majority of the childcare anyway. However, when these marriages break up, I wonder how many of these men try to get out of paying child support for these kids because said kids are not their biological children?  Jeez, men don&#039;t want to pay for their own biological children, why would they want to pay for kids they adopt? Yeah, men really adore children. (sarcasm)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hmm&#8230;it doesn&#8217;t surprise me that most adoptions by men are a wife and kids package. Someone up thread said it before. These men aren&#8217;t doing the majority of the childcare anyway. However, when these marriages break up, I wonder how many of these men try to get out of paying child support for these kids because said kids are not their biological children?  Jeez, men don&#8217;t want to pay for their own biological children, why would they want to pay for kids they adopt? Yeah, men really adore children. (sarcasm)</p>
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		<title>By: Camille</title>
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		<dc:creator>Camille</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 08:11:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ah, thank you defenders of Woody Allen. He is SOO worth your time and research.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ah, thank you defenders of Woody Allen. He is SOO worth your time and research.</p>
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		<title>By: delurker</title>
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		<dc:creator>delurker</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:24:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Men really adore children.
Yep.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/13/2334598.htm

It&#039;s just the fetuses and the women they are conflicted about. 
I have no inclination to chase up the NZ University paper.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Men really adore children.<br />
Yep.<br />
<a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/13/2334598.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/13/2334598.htm</a></p>
<p>It&#8217;s just the fetuses and the women they are conflicted about.<br />
I have no inclination to chase up the NZ University paper.</p>
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		<title>By: keshmeshi</title>
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		<dc:creator>keshmeshi</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 02:41:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;When I think of a good spokesperson for men who really adore their children, I can think of no one else but WOODY ALLEN&lt;/i&gt;

While there&#039;s no doubt that Allen&#039;s behavior was disgusting, I&#039;d still like to note that Soon-yi was not his adopted child.  Mia Farrow adopted her with Andre Previn.  They, Allen and Farrow, did not share a household and how much of a parent Allen was to Soon-yi while she was growing up is debatable.





My half-sisters&#039; stepfather was one of those child-loving adoptive men.  He loved children so much he raped both my sisters.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>When I think of a good spokesperson for men who really adore their children, I can think of no one else but WOODY ALLEN</i></p>
<p>While there&#8217;s no doubt that Allen&#8217;s behavior was disgusting, I&#8217;d still like to note that Soon-yi was not his adopted child.  Mia Farrow adopted her with Andre Previn.  They, Allen and Farrow, did not share a household and how much of a parent Allen was to Soon-yi while she was growing up is debatable.</p>
<p>My half-sisters&#8217; stepfather was one of those child-loving adoptive men.  He loved children so much he raped both my sisters.</p>
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		<title>By: polly styrene</title>
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		<dc:creator>polly styrene</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 09:31:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I feel sick, but  I concur with m&#039;learned friends. It is fairly well known that child abuse is more likely to occur with a step or adoptive parent. 

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23488210-details/It&#039;s heresy to say it, but having a step-parent can wreck a child&#039;s life/article.do</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I feel sick, but  I concur with m&#8217;learned friends. It is fairly well known that child abuse is more likely to occur with a step or adoptive parent. </p>
<p><a href="http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23488210-details/It" rel="nofollow">http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23488210-details/It</a>&#8217;s heresy to say it, but having a step-parent can wreck a child&#8217;s life/article.do</p>
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