[A Ruckus of Dogs]

He argues that schools should allow girls to concentrate on the arts and domestic science rather than being pushed towards subjects such as engineering and computer science

Women should learn something they can make a living at. There are no guarantees in life.

[Canticle_of_Deborah]

Ditto. Perfect response! I need to be able to keep a roof over my head and food on my table. Single women don't get special discounts because they don't have husbands.

[FITZ]

Women should learn something they can make a living at. There are no guarantees in life.

I have a feeling that's how most conservative men raise their daughters ---to have a way to support themselves ---just in case. Self-sufficiency vs welfare if they are later abandoned or widowed. Hitting the job market at over 40 with no resume can be a very difficult situation, I know a woman with a double degree and no job history who was told at age 44 that her degree didn't mean anything since hadn't worked.

[CyberCowboy777]

That is not for you or the State to deicide.

[glory]

True on one hand, but you can't stop living your life planning for things that may never happen either. There has to be some balance and I can tell you of a few women I know who hold desperately to thier jobs for some eventuality that may never happen and it's an unhappy life indeed. When nothing does happen 20 yrs down the road, then they wonder and regret about all the time they missed with thier children.

Oh, and there is another way to plan too. I stay active in our financial situation and part of the way I plan while staying home is to work with my dh as far as saving money. This to me will reap a better life for me and my children if anything happens to him, than finishing my degree at this point and taking some entry level job and shoving the kids off to daycare when they need me the most.