Comments on: 6 Girls! 6! http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/10/03/6-girls-6/ JFK: ''we choose to go to the ...'' Wed, 23 May 2012 01:04:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Chuck http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/10/03/6-girls-6/#comment-26313 Chuck Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:55:50 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/10/03/6-girls-6/#comment-26313 I know couples who have three boys because they were trying for a girl. I know couples who have three boys because they were trying for a girl.

]]> By: Scott http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/10/03/6-girls-6/#comment-26184 Scott Tue, 06 Oct 2009 06:07:43 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/10/03/6-girls-6/#comment-26184 You people are neglecting the possibility that women, who were part of the culture also, wanted boys. My mother was the third of four girls for exactly this reason, and my grandmother was neither meek nor subservient. After my youngest aunt was born my grandmother got a hysterectomy so she wouldn't have any more. Unfortunately it was done with radium in those days and killed her 45 years later. But I agree this is an example of the comic time warp, just like 35 year old characters today nostalgically remembering the Beatles. You people are neglecting the possibility that women, who were part of the culture also, wanted boys. My mother was the third of four girls for exactly this reason, and my grandmother was neither meek nor subservient. After my youngest aunt was born my grandmother got a hysterectomy so she wouldn’t have any more. Unfortunately it was done with radium in those days and killed her 45 years later.
But I agree this is an example of the comic time warp, just like 35 year old characters today nostalgically remembering the Beatles.

]]> By: Jeff S. http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/10/03/6-girls-6/#comment-26156 Jeff S. Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:30:39 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/10/03/6-girls-6/#comment-26156 I actually have three older brothers. They are 15, 12, and 9 yrs older than I am. I am one of those people who was an only child, yet I had other siblings. It's quite possible they were trying for another girl. True story... I was eating breakfast one morning. I'm guessing I was around 14 or so. I told my dad, who was reading the newspaper while eating his breakfast, "You don't have to lie to me anymore. I know I wasn't planned." Turning a page in the paper, he replied, "What makes you think the others were?" I never brought up the subject again. I actually have three older brothers. They are 15, 12, and 9 yrs older than I am. I am one of those people who was an only child, yet I had other siblings. It’s quite possible they were trying for another girl. True story…
I was eating breakfast one morning. I’m guessing I was around 14 or so. I told my dad, who was reading the newspaper while eating his breakfast, “You don’t have to lie to me anymore. I know I wasn’t planned.” Turning a page in the paper, he replied, “What makes you think the others were?”
I never brought up the subject again.

]]> By: jayjaybear http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/10/03/6-girls-6/#comment-26148 jayjaybear Mon, 05 Oct 2009 12:37:33 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/10/03/6-girls-6/#comment-26148 Johnston has said that the strips are now supposed to be happening currently. And yes, John seems to me to be much worse as far as sexism/cluelessness/male privilege than he was in the original run. I think Lynn is working out a few issues on the comics page... Johnston has said that the strips are now supposed to be happening currently. And yes, John seems to me to be much worse as far as sexism/cluelessness/male privilege than he was in the original run. I think Lynn is working out a few issues on the comics page…

]]> By: Elyrest http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/10/03/6-girls-6/#comment-26122 Elyrest Sun, 04 Oct 2009 21:21:11 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/10/03/6-girls-6/#comment-26122 My mother always told me that the rhythm method and withdrawal really aren't birth control, but birth delay. I have five sisters and brothers. :D My mother always told me that the rhythm method and withdrawal really aren’t birth control, but birth delay.

I have five sisters and brothers. :D

]]> By: Mitch4 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/10/03/6-girls-6/#comment-26118 Mitch4 Sun, 04 Oct 2009 19:07:05 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/10/03/6-girls-6/#comment-26118 @Dan, your note is very clear, cogent, and helpful .... <i>except</i> for that first sentence where you doubt if "this has anything to do with birth control". But of course it has to be connected with birth control, for any of the rest of it to make sense. Those individual and societal choices can't take place in a bio-tech vacuum; the only come into play if there is (one or another or many) some form of birth control around. (Including older methods such as abstinence, rhythm, and withdrawal.) @Dan, your note is very clear, cogent, and helpful …. except for that first sentence where you doubt if “this has anything to do with birth control”. But of course it has to be connected with birth control, for any of the rest of it to make sense. Those individual and societal choices can’t take place in a bio-tech vacuum; the only come into play if there is (one or another or many) some form of birth control around. (Including older methods such as abstinence, rhythm, and withdrawal.)

]]> By: Dan http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/10/03/6-girls-6/#comment-26114 Dan Sun, 04 Oct 2009 17:48:12 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/10/03/6-girls-6/#comment-26114 I don't think this has anything to do with birth control. It's just that back in the day, women were seen more as babymakers than anything else; they were expected to bear children for the man of the house, and that was it. Connie may be implying that this isn't the case anymore (which is true), that women can either have children or not. That is, society has progressed to giving (ha) women that choice. I don’t think this has anything to do with birth control. It’s just that back in the day, women were seen more as babymakers than anything else; they were expected to bear children for the man of the house, and that was it. Connie may be implying that this isn’t the case anymore (which is true), that women can either have children or not. That is, society has progressed to giving (ha) women that choice.

]]> By: Jeff http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/10/03/6-girls-6/#comment-26109 Jeff Sun, 04 Oct 2009 16:13:44 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/10/03/6-girls-6/#comment-26109 There was one strip where they were talking about newspapers becoming obsolete: http://joshreads.com/?p=1790 That would seem to indicate that it takes place in modern times. There was one strip where they were talking about newspapers becoming obsolete: http://joshreads.com/?p=1790

That would seem to indicate that it takes place in modern times.

]]> By: turquoise cow http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/10/03/6-girls-6/#comment-26107 turquoise cow Sun, 04 Oct 2009 15:29:14 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/10/03/6-girls-6/#comment-26107 SP Charles: I'm fairly certain that these "new" strips aren't taking place in 2009. They just finished a whole to-do about Elly going back to work and John opposing the idea because his mother didn't work outside the home. Fairly certain that sort of discussion wouldn't occur today. One of the things that's annoyed me about this new-old thing is the blatant sexism that shows up from time to time. Was it really this way back in the original run, and now it seems worse than it did, or has it been exaggerated with the re-doing? If they were going to rerun the entire strip, i think they should have just rerun the originals (like Peanuts) instead of this going back and editing thing like Star Wars. SP Charles: I’m fairly certain that these “new” strips aren’t taking place in 2009. They just finished a whole to-do about Elly going back to work and John opposing the idea because his mother didn’t work outside the home. Fairly certain that sort of discussion wouldn’t occur today. One of the things that’s annoyed me about this new-old thing is the blatant sexism that shows up from time to time. Was it really this way back in the original run, and now it seems worse than it did, or has it been exaggerated with the re-doing? If they were going to rerun the entire strip, i think they should have just rerun the originals (like Peanuts) instead of this going back and editing thing like Star Wars.

]]> By: furrykef http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/10/03/6-girls-6/#comment-26088 furrykef Sun, 04 Oct 2009 04:41:24 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/10/03/6-girls-6/#comment-26088 Panel 3 is <em>supposed</em> to contradict panel 1. It's not the same character speaking, after all. Panel 3 is supposed to contradict panel 1. It’s not the same character speaking, after all.

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