Mothers Day is a curious day. It's being celebrated today in the UK and it positions women as the bearers of children, and as appreciative of a limited series of gifts - flowers, chocolates and perfume. After all, that's what all mothers want right? We don't see newspaper and television ads for drills and gadgets. Of course, mothers might be appreciative of a decent vibrator but that's still off limits for most people in our culture (despite Pat Califia's optimistic hopes for such gift-giving in the 1980s). I've opted for Lush gifts and perfume (I was directed as to what perfume).