Being a stay-at-home mom, if a family can afford it (I will derail lamentation about the economy right here), is a perfectly valid career choice, IMHO. What many women, myself included, recoil from is how for too long it was the only choice a woman had if she were not Catholic, Catholic women having the other options of nun and pious spinster.
I only know a very few stay at home moms, maybe two or three. One is celticdragonfly who really *does* turn it into an art; I've described her to americanstd as a bona fide domestic goddess. On the other, I know a woman who is a dutiful Christian wife, in denial of the fact that she hates and resents every second.
Caitlan Flanagan was on "The Colbert Report" a couple of months back. She's typical of anti-feminist neocons in that she spouts praise for "traditional" gender roles but doesn't adhere to them herself. She calls housewifery a "lost art" but doesn't know how to cook and her kids have a nanny. She berates women who work outside the home while going on speaking tours. Linda Hirshman may be just as wrong, but at least she's practicing what she preaches.
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Date: 2006-06-25 03:25 pm (UTC)I only know a very few stay at home moms, maybe two or three. One is
Caitlan Flanagan was on "The Colbert Report" a couple of months back. She's typical of anti-feminist neocons in that she spouts praise for "traditional" gender roles but doesn't adhere to them herself. She calls housewifery a "lost art" but doesn't know how to cook and her kids have a nanny. She berates women who work outside the home while going on speaking tours. Linda Hirshman may be just as wrong, but at least she's practicing what she preaches.