jumping right in...
fantastic! i get to piss in the snow-- i mean, publish a post-- first!
how about this article from American Prospect Online:
Homeward Bound
“Choice feminism” claims that staying home with the kids is just one more feminist option. Funny that most men rarely make the same “choice.” Exactly what kind of choice is that?
i know some of my female relatives with children are working, and some are not. and of course, my male relatives have liberal cred (mostly). with that in mind, i must say that i agree with the premise of this article. there is something wrong with the fact that well-educated, priveleged women, who should be the ones who are reaping the rewards of historically middle-class white feminist activism, are still "choosing" to stay home. but if a choice is no choice at all... then, well, it's not a choice now is it?
um, and, i'm saying "there's something wrong" in terms of there's something wrong with the way our society works. i'm not saying any personal decisions that have been made on this topic are inherently wrong. i mean no disrespect to stay at home moms, so don't kick my ass! i understand the argument that parents need to spend time with their children, i just object to the assumption, on the part of men and women, that it will be the woman who stays home. and there are lots of reasons for that assumption, from irritating sexist attitudes toward gender roles to the economic fact that women, overall, make less money.
discuss. ;)
(for those of you who don't know how these fancy newfangled contraptions called blogs work, if you want to respond to this post, click on "comment," login, and fill out the comment box. then click submit. i vote that we don't start new posts on the same topic unless they're an obvious tangent off the main topic. what says?)
how about this article from American Prospect Online:
Homeward Bound
“Choice feminism” claims that staying home with the kids is just one more feminist option. Funny that most men rarely make the same “choice.” Exactly what kind of choice is that?
i know some of my female relatives with children are working, and some are not. and of course, my male relatives have liberal cred (mostly). with that in mind, i must say that i agree with the premise of this article. there is something wrong with the fact that well-educated, priveleged women, who should be the ones who are reaping the rewards of historically middle-class white feminist activism, are still "choosing" to stay home. but if a choice is no choice at all... then, well, it's not a choice now is it?
um, and, i'm saying "there's something wrong" in terms of there's something wrong with the way our society works. i'm not saying any personal decisions that have been made on this topic are inherently wrong. i mean no disrespect to stay at home moms, so don't kick my ass! i understand the argument that parents need to spend time with their children, i just object to the assumption, on the part of men and women, that it will be the woman who stays home. and there are lots of reasons for that assumption, from irritating sexist attitudes toward gender roles to the economic fact that women, overall, make less money.
discuss. ;)
(for those of you who don't know how these fancy newfangled contraptions called blogs work, if you want to respond to this post, click on "comment," login, and fill out the comment box. then click submit. i vote that we don't start new posts on the same topic unless they're an obvious tangent off the main topic. what says?)
posted by g at 8:40 PM
6 Comments:
Hey Gretchen, great first post! BTW I also made you a moderator because I wanted to share the responsibility. I'm just that good.
Anyway, I personally would have chosen to stay home, but Kris thinks I'll kill the kids.
So I agree with you that the choice should be available to men too. I guess two people agreeing doesn't make for exciting blogging!
Imagin all of the home improvement projects I could complete if I was home all day!
ooh, power... :)
that is disappointing. agreement is so not how our family works! well, we could rant about how life's unfair... that seems to be a common theme.
oi. handyman, i think your children would climb you like a tree 24/7 if you were home all day!
Hoo-Hah!
I'm heeeeerrree!
What I don't get is the animosity between stay-at-home moms and working moms. Seems like a insane quarrel--or more likely each side is jealous of the other.
there's a lot of pressure for one side or the other to be proven "right." so if one answer is right then the other one has to be wrong. both sides seem to feel like the other side is judging them. it's that whole stupid superwoman complex.
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