The former governor of the largest state in the union somehow struck him or you or whomever as a stay at home mom??
Wonder how this woman feels about Maggie Thatcher.
Golda Meier.
And I am sure there are other women who served the world as well as their children.
Women have always worked, except for a brief period in the 1950s when women were supposed to be the lady of the manor if they were well off (playing golf and bridge all day), or, if they weren’t well off, mom-as-live-in-help who dreamed only of new floor-cleaning products.
The farmer’s wife worked, the merchant’s wife worked, and the wife of the banker usually ran households large enough to require bookkeepers. Many of them, like their husbands, worked in what was the equivalent of a home office, living over the store or doing their work on the kitchen table. They might have been more physically present - but then, their husbands were usually not flying off on road-trips or spending all day or week elsewhere, either, and also were more physically present.
Women have always had to work out the issue of childcare and work, just in a different form.
“Palin’s unpolished and not what I would call an intellect – but neither was President Reagan.”
Stopped reading right there.
No bias. Right?
No, she was villified using all of the stereotypes she mentioned because she is a conservative woman of her own mind who also was free to express her responsibilities as a wife and mother while also being a political icon. Even more so to have a husband that recognizes her skills and talents who works as a team member for the family and the betterment of them all.
What scares the hell out of liberals, progressives and the rest of the socialist label scum, is that she is not tied up,nice and neat, in a box they can assail when it suits their needs to tell everyone else that she is an aboration. She is the personification of an individualist and she wears it proudly.
I agree with Sarah Palin on this, and hers is pretty clear reasoning.
She basically said that “women don’t like to be told what to do, and they especially resent being told that they aren’t raising their children right; especially by men waxing philosophical.”
That’s spot on. The vast majority of women with children in the US have this or a similar attitude.
Seriously, imagine the response of a typical woman to one of these statements:
“You shouldn’t be working. You should be at home raising your kids.”
“You shouldn’t be ‘just’ a housewife. You should put your kids in day care and get a job.”
“You shouldn’t try to be a ‘supermom’, and both work and take care of your kids. You should do one or the other.”
Typically, I imagine most women would respond by telling you to take your opinion, sit on it and spin.
Women do not stop engaging the world just because they are parenting.
Some do it to a greater extent than others, but all continue to live IN the world.
Cheers!
This is one of those instances where largely keeping ones mouth shut would be really good thing. The author of this piece should have heeded her own advice.
When a person who insults the intellect of Ronald Reagan while at the same time finds themself agreeing with Levi Johnston, the person has a intellect deficit.
This woman is jealous. Jealousy can make people do stupid things. She was offended when Palin defended herself from the attacks that she should stay home. So she is lashing out.
I don’t think Palin intended to offend stay at home Moms, but was defending those who can do both.
A word to the wise for Palin, stay away from this feminist stuff. Women don’t have to defend themselves anymore for having careers. Ignore those that try to pick at you and tell you to stay home. They are few. You don’t have to respond to every attack. Sometimes ignoring those people is the best response.
So dumb they need(ed) something like the Constitution in order to make decisions involving their actions. Obama, on the other hand, has gone way beyond the Constitution! He's such a genius! He's read Karl Marx...!
Good grief, such hyperbole.
Palin's complaint about a few is transformed into a blanket condemnation.
The author will tell everyone when "childrens'needs" are not being met and what moms priorities should be.
The arrogance of this author is beyond belief.
I remember the good old days when we could agree that children, especially young children were best served if at least one parent stayed home to care for and nurture them, and that in most cases the female of the species was best suited for that task.
I don’t think Palin was saying anything different, so I think the article is off-base. But it disturbs me a bit to see so many people assuming Palin WAS saying differently, and defending what I believe to be their misunderstanding of what she said.
The Palin family seems very in tune with parents raising their children rather than running off and leaving them to care-givers, at least until they are old enough to start caring for themselves (I suppose an argument could be made that Bristol wasn’t as ready to be left on her own as she might have been expected to be).
So rather than agree or disagree with the article, or suggest Palin herself thinks any differently, I’ll simply say that children need their biological parents. There is a special bond that isn’t fully understood but that is well-documented between genetic offspring and their parents, and it is in a loving environment with contact with biological parents that a child is most nurtured and strengthened to be a productive and positive member of society.
I understand that families are not always perfect, that sometimes women have no choice but to work even without a father available to take over the home duties; but a lot more women think they need to work for various reasons, and I think the next generation is suffering because of our focus on two-parent employment, not the least of which is the message kids get that money is more important than family.
Actually you could. You just don't want to.
Suzanne Venker, aka "No Bull Mom," is an author, blogger, and speaker. In addition to blogging for Right Pundits, Suzanne is a featured writer at David Horowitz's NewsReal.
Suzanne's writing tends toward the provocative -- as evidenced by her first book, 7 Myths of Working Mothers, which argues that young children and demanding careers are incompatible.
that crime of discrimination against minorities and women thing the left always harps on...so many drink the koolaid...everything up until the new reality that anyone under 40 here knows and believes in was wrong and ...mean..lol
