MAMEWorld Forums - The Loony Bin - Re: Everyone, make sure to buy shoes to your wifes and daughters...

> I was going to explain this and then I realized that, dear lord, EVERYTHING is on
> Wikipedia...
>
> "Barefoot and pregnant" is a phrase most commonly associated with the controversial
> idea that women should not work outside the home and should have many children during
> their reproductive years. It has several other meanings as well. It is a figure of
> speech.
>
> The phrase "barefoot and pregnant" was probably first used sometime in the late
> 1940s. An article from 1949 states, "By early 1949, TWA was—in the words of its new
> president, Ralph S. Damon—both 'barefoot and pregnant.'" Its usage may date as early
> as the 1910s. An article published in 1958 states the phrase was first used by a "Dr.
> Hertzler" 40 years earlier. "Some forty years ago, Dr. Hertzler advanced a hypothesis
> which young women of today seem bent on proving correct. 'The only way to keep a
> woman happy,' he said, 'is to keep her barefoot and pregnant.'"
>
> Many of the women that I know consider 'B&P' to be a great insult and spiral off into
> insta-rage when it is brought up. On the other hand, many of the women that I know
> are happy homemakers who couldn't imagine anything better to do with their lives than
> be stay-at-home moms. Many will laugh when they hear 'B&P' and wear the moniker
> proudly.
>
> It's the same as the word bitch. Some women take offense to the word, some see it as
> a badge of honor.
>
> One of my best friends is a fiercely competitive businesswoman and her little sister
> is a stay at home mom with three kids. The little sister is one of the happiest
> people you've ever seen, she even enjoys vacuuming and doing laundry because she
> realizes that she's creating a happy, healthy home for her family and that's what's
> most important to her. She had the opportunity to choose a career, she chose
> full-time mom. Every day for this chick is a joy.
>
> Her older sister HATES the life that she's chosen because she's convinced that her
> sister has been brainwashed by society and is being taken advantage of by her
> husband. I couldn't disagree more. She's not a fifteen year old sister-wife for
> crying out loud, she's a happily married mom. When that became a bad thing I have no
> idea...

I always thought that meant that the woman was having issues due to bloating caused by pregnancy. You know, bloated feet get hurt by shoes? Eh.