Guest guest Posted June 23, 2004 Report Share Posted June 23, 2004 Dear Joan, I beg to differ, but this is NOT a myth. I stay home and take care of my family and I have gotten a very hard time from a lot of different people. Why am I wasting my life like this and don't I know that I'm being oppressed by my husband? Well, I'm not oppressed. How can it be a myth when so many of us have experienced it? ~Mrs. Foss Message: 8 Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 14:23:23 -0500 (GMT-05:00) From: joancole@... Subject: Re: OT gender (was: spring 2004 wise traditions mag - disappointed with a few comments) At 10:51 AM 6/23/04, you wrote: >Unfortunately, a large portion of the feminist world now looks down >on a woman who chooses to be a homemaker. Any profession *but* >homemaker is acceptable most of the time. Apologies for perpetuating this offtopic thread, but the notion that feminists are against homemakers is a media myth. It wasn't true in the past for the entire feminist movement, and it's not true now. One of the really happening areas in feminism right now is maternal feminism - including radical ideas like that caretaking is work, not leisure and thus deserves the same attention to economic risk as other kinds of work, and thus should be counted in economic measures like the GDP, and that people should not be penalized for combining caretaking and market work - it shouldn't be possible to fire someone for having caretaking responsibilities, it should be possible to have part time work with prorated advancement and benefits, etc. etc. etc. Check out www.mothersandmore.org or http://www.mothersoughttohaveequalrights.org for two groups doing work in this area. Check out http://www.mothersmovement.org/features/mhoodpapers/conundrum.htm to learn more. Joan Cole Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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