By: Beverley Smith

Beverley Smith — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 23:29:50 +0000

I loved this column but the writer may not be completely understanding the current women’s rights movement for it also has evolved. Yes there was in the sixties a push to move women out of the home but the current wave is to value women and their work wherever they are. Granted the second wave of pushing for women to earn is still strong among middle aged women but the younger women are recognizing flaws of only prioritizing earning. To see dignity in what you do is part of women’s rights and the writer is actually a women’s rights activist even if she does not realize it. And good for her.
The problem I hope we all avoid is in-fighting between women, which the writer is avoiding, but also the mistaken impression by government that being home with the children is a luxury, privilege, so pleasant it is a holiday. The writer may be risking that impression. It is not important to complain that the work is hard but it is work, a woman at home is doing vital care work in society and the current women’s rights wave insists not just on dignity of the role but also on full recognition of its labor force productivity. It is not a ‘break’ from being a useful citizen

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