Just So You Guys Know...

[kath]

Originally posted by Dianna Vesta@Sep 9 2003, 07:18 AM
What the hell does being a parent have to do with working in the industry? Being a good parent has nothing to do with your job. Don’t even go there. To direct it towards a woman is just fucking sexist.

You know I’m totally out to my family and my son. Maybe not when he was young but now at 25, no problem. The boards serve many purposes. We market ourselves, we find like minds and it’s sort of a family. We often talk about our family, partners and lovers. No big thing.

Well said Dianna.

Part of what I enjoyed about the community surrounding this industry was when I pleasantly discovered that most of the folks I deal with on a daily basis are also husbands, wives, parents and even grandparents. They are real people - not those "icky porn people" that the media tries to sterotype and make the public detest. It was so nice to see that bubble burst and find that the real folks behind the scenes - and how "normal" most of them are.

I guess I just don't understand why someone would think that it's NOT okay for a mother to be involved in the industry. By insulting parents - mothers OR fathers (there are a lot of stay-at-home-dads here too!) - folks who have children and are in this industry - you are insulting a HUGE demographic. I would say more folks on here have children than don't.