tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139017677124620997.post3722909975139568712..comments2024-03-28T12:31:11.055-07:00Comments on Adventures In Keeping House: Enjoying Your HomeSannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08124283361844607678noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139017677124620997.post-54785131088245349262016-10-08T09:12:47.227-07:002016-10-08T09:12:47.227-07:00Exactly. Post-war consumerism, obsession with mate...Exactly. Post-war consumerism, obsession with material wealth and owning more stuff than the neighbours and second-wave feminism which insists that women should live like men (i.e spending all their time in money-making pursuits and endless activity for the sake of activity) are more to blame than Protestant Reformers from the 16th century:)Even in the 1930s there wasn't such a pressure on women to achieve. Sannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08124283361844607678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139017677124620997.post-78701571678300368962016-10-08T06:22:31.782-07:002016-10-08T06:22:31.782-07:00Hard work used to be a necessity when everything w...Hard work used to be a necessity when everything was difficult to achieve: food, energy, resources, land. I agree that Christianity doesn't exist for abolishing classes, that is rather socialism. Christianity is about God Who became Man and how this affects us. I wouldn't associate protestantism with hard work only, workoholism has to do with consumerism and making money over making life meaningful. Preoteasa Alexandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05996489147504336535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139017677124620997.post-47898022459483889122016-10-08T02:44:56.472-07:002016-10-08T02:44:56.472-07:00I do blame our ancestors. They made virtue out of ...I do blame our ancestors. They made virtue out of necessity, and even nowadays when people really do not need to work so very hard, it is literally the only thing that many people here value. Hard work. <br /><br />I have noticed that younger generations do not think that way. They value being busy, but not necessarely hard work. But my parents generation is full of total workaholics who cannot relax. And my generation is full of people who believe that they must be BOTH hard-working AND busy. Housewife from Finlandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139017677124620997.post-30538591960592394112016-10-07T08:21:27.534-07:002016-10-07T08:21:27.534-07:00I wouldn't blame our Protestant ancestors (I g...I wouldn't blame our Protestant ancestors (I guess no one has any illusions about our modern society being dominated by Christian ethics)for the spirit of this age...Unfortunately, it made its way into the churches, too. Sannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08124283361844607678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139017677124620997.post-4069975690220869412016-10-07T07:57:00.559-07:002016-10-07T07:57:00.559-07:00I notice every now and then that I start feeling g...I notice every now and then that I start feeling guilty if I am not "busy enough" during the days... I quite often feel that only women with children are "allowed" to stay at home. Even if the kids are already grown up, I feel that those ladies have done their duties and have right to rest. I have to remind myself that as long as my hubby is happy, everything is fine.<br /><br />The Protestant Work Ethic is very strong in Finland. It is very difficult to get rid of that mindset.Housewife from Finlandnoreply@blogger.com