Thursday, February 16, 2012

An excerpt from Frothy's book "It Takes a Family":


"Many women have told me, and surveys have shown, that they find it easier, more “professionally” gratifying, and certainly more socially affirming to work outside the home than to give up careers to take care of children. Think about that for a moment. What happened in America so that mothers and fathers who leave the care of their children to someone else — or worse yet, home alone after school between three and six in the afternoon — find themselves more affirmed by society? Here we can thank the influence of radical feminism, one of the core philosophies of the [liberals]. It’s ironic. Radical feminists have been making the pitch that justice demands that men and women be given equal opportunity to make it to the top. But they refuse to acknowledge, much less value as equal, the essential work women have done in being the primary caregiver of the next generation. It seems to me that justice demands both fair workplace rules and proper respect for work in the home."


Yes, Frothy, the work that women did for generations as homemakers was valuable and should be respected, but the idea that demanding men and women be given equal opportunity is "radical" might just be the most offensive thing you've ever said (aside from the gay comparison to "man on dog"). So it is radical that I should be able to do what I want with my life, make my own decisions, be considered equal to men and have the same opportunities? Why is it that you would like to control women's lives, careers, bodies? Are you that insecure that you think strong, independent, working women who make their own choices are "radical"? Try looking in the mirror one day. 

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