I’m not trolling you, I’m responding to your posts.
If you are honestly opposed to feminism then you are against any woman going into politics or business or academia.
That’s fine if that’s what you believe and it applies to all women, not just Democrat women. Palin was savaged by people on the left (and even some on the right) for running for high political office while she had young children and a baby.
My point is that men with high ambitions sacrifice family time as well ... and if the conservative line is that fathers are just as important as mothers to children and child rearing, and the father is simply not around because he is chasing high status positions, how is this materially different?
Actually, I am. Academia, not so much. Or nursing. Or even self employment, because that is generally something you *can* do & still take care of a family because they’re more flexible. Yes, applies to everyone. The Vice Presidency isn’t *that* demanding a job, so it was the left just scrounging for anything. State rep or local politics isn’t that bad, because it’s part time, too.
They do, but men have almost always (or used to) spent more time away from home, leaving the mom to hold down the fort & keep things under control. (This is no small task)
Maybe these days, but not even for high status. The reason my grandmother laughed at feminism was that she grew up on a ranch- her father & brothers would be gone, doing business, sometimes for several days & being the “baby”, she had to get the cattle in. She hated it (loved to ride, but was phobic about mountain lions), but when it’s just you, you do what has to be done, “women’s work” or not.
Hmm materially different? Maybe now days, not so much. But I guess, really, the issue is that kids are kind of left (or allowed) to fend for themselves too much. My mom worked- about half the time, 2 jobs, but she was always on top of what my friends & I were doing. That’s hard. I don’t know why anyone would choose that.
My problem with Wendy Davis is that she is portraying herself as this poor, sacrificing woman who “succeeded against all odds”- pushing this whole “war on women” thing & it’s not true. “White privilege” is a big thing on the left right now & Davis would be among the most “privileged”.
It’s not right for the thousands of women (& “minorities” BTW) who really did work their behinds off & succeeded, no matter what. If it *were* true, I would give her that, even if I don’t agree with her politics & respect her for it.
I confess that I am very, very cynical about the left (& getting worse) & sick of them. I’m not willing to give them that proverbial inch anymore.
We don’t seem to have the same problem cutting through the BS & culling the ones who aren’t what they profess to be.