A neighbour popped round this morning while I’m admiring my garden, the sun is shining the birds are singing and I’m feeling pretty proud of my labours.
One of those moments I rarely allow myself, typically I’m caught out.
I’m interested on his thoughts on my new blog and he tells me something surprising. He hadn’t realised how society labels women who loose their husband, and the negative connotation ‘Widow’ subconsciously has.
Men who loose wives aren’t stigmatised in the same way – it made me think.
The first thing that popped into my head was spiders!
Spiders in the genus Latrodectus are commonly referred to as widow spiders. They belong to the family Theridiidae and have shiny black or dark brown bodies with red, orange, or white markings on the underside of their abdomens. Distributed widely, these spiders live in various parts of the world, the are females are venomous and their bites can be medically significant.
See what I mean?
Anyway the thought for the morning.
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