I reread your post and realized what you were responding to.
That said, I could not disagree with you more. And your caricature of women who do not work outside the home is insulting to them.
My wife in particular is the most intelligent woman I know but she does not waste it on a pointless career/job. She uses it there, but only inasmuch as you use your feet and legs to walk. She sees it only as a (part time) source of income. And the perks we both enjoy because of where she works are worth more than the money she makes - without actually divulging the industry.
I could make exactly the same statement about my wife.
After my oldest was born in 1987, my wife decided to stay home and raise our children. Now my oldest son is a freshman at Notre Dame, and he and his brother are among the most intelligent, kind, and decent young men you will ever meet. And that's no accident - they were taught well by a loving, at home, mother.
Fair enough, my use of the 'soap' stereotype was probably over the top. It's certainly not good to generalize - perhaps I'm tainted by my personal excitement at my wife's career and the stimulation I get from talking about her job with her, and, probably by the fact that I'd find her staying at home far less exciting. I wouldn't be opposed to it should it make her happy - but, that's her choice, after all.