Milton
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Just when you thought consumerism couldn't get any worse, now the jewellry marketing types have come up with another play on the wedding ring: the 'push present', a 'reward' for women who procreate.
(1) http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/06/fashion/06push.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
(2) globeandmail.com: Push, push (and I'll buy you a pendant)
This concept is nauseating on so many levels.
(1) http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/06/fashion/06push.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
“It’s more and more an expectation of moms these days that they deserve something for bearing the burden for nine months, getting sick, ruining their body,” said Linda Murray, executive editor of BabyCenter.com. “The guilt really gets piled on.”
(2) globeandmail.com: Push, push (and I'll buy you a pendant)
After a 36-hour labour for her daughter, Jules, Michelle Halpern received a delicate white gold chain with pearl pendant and four diamonds. "I expected one, and if Adam hadn't got me one, I might have been upset," Ms. Halpern, 35, said. "A push present says, 'I appreciate what you've given me, that your body was used as a vessel for this child.' Let's just say that a dinner out would not suffice as a push present for most people."
This concept is nauseating on so many levels.