Another point... after I COMPLETED a masters degree in Education... my
father acted like he was the one who had achieved this.  When I did
accomplish good things, he always took the credit for it- cuz he paid for
it... money is/was THE LOVE of his life!


>From: Rayna Lamb <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: "St. John's University Cerebral Palsy List"
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>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: living w/ my family
>Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 00:21:39 +0800
>
>Mike,
>
>You read my mind, I was just thinking that today.  I know that in my
>family the men were the centre of the universe, and everything
>revolved around them.  But even though my family had me convinced from
>an early age that I was inferior and worthless because of the CP and
>because I was - sorry am -  intelligent (I know, it's bizzare, but
>they seriously thought having a good mind was a character flaw - I got
>told I was a `know it all", and they used to walk out of the room
>whenever I started talking about things I was interested in, by the
>time I got up and followed them I would forget what I was saying),
>they never managed to convince me that I am inferior because I'm
>female.  The idea of it just gives me the giggles!  BTW I no longer
>think I'm inferior because of the disability.
>
>Rayna
>
>On Tue, Apr 24, 2001 at 10:48:27AM -0400, Michael H. Collis wrote:
>     After reading what you all had to go through with your families Jenn
>and Rayna, it
>     really makes me wonder what would have happened had you been born the
>opposite sex?
>     Typically, there's lower value placed on females than males in
>patriochal
>     societuies, and when the female is disabled, there's even less of a
>value.  I am
>     truly sorry, Sisters, about your families...  I wish your families
>were as
>     supportive as mine have been.

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