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Originally Posted by MonsterCosmonaut
1) You're blinded by your own bias.
2) I never said every teenage mum in the world is like this, just the majority.
Also, with the whole divorce thing.. that's ridiculous. You can't say I'm wrong and then admit that you at least partially fill that 'stereotype'.
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Of course I am, you are directly insulting something that I am/was.
And with the "divorce thing". I put that in there to point out that although things may appear to be shitty for a moment, teen moms aren't destined to stay in a shitty place. We have just as much ability to better ourselves as any other mother, no matter what age. Just as I improved mine and my son's situation by divorcing my ex husband and moving on to a wonderful man and a wonderful life. Although a single part of that stereotype may have once described me, it doesn't anymore and that is the point. I have a great man, my son is happy and healthy, we bring in over $100K a year in income, my son goes to a private prep school and we have a lot of money saved up in the bank, the fact that I had my son when I was a teenager and got divorced has no pull on my current life.
For some girls, yeah the stereotype fits them to a tee and will for the rest of their lives. But for others it doesn't, and judging a woman on how good of a mother she will be based off of her age is simply ignorant, as is lumping teenage mothers all into that category.