Single Women Are Quickly Becoming the ‘Evangelicals’ of the Democratic Party

[MADem]

69. Well, did the spouse work and not get paid?

In other words, raise children, clean, cook, play chauffeur, shop, or run errands? Or are you just stinkin' rich and all you wanted was the pleasure of her esteemed company? There's value in that, if you can afford someone else to come in and do all the "necessary" work.

Many men--not all, in these generations coming up--back in the day thought a vacuum cleaner was a sculpture that did double duty as a place to hang one's jacket. Cooking? Fuggedaboutit. Cleaning? Women's work. Even now, in the "liberated" 21st Century, women still do more work at home than men, even as they are better educated as a demographic, and still make less than men as a group, even as many earn more than their partners. There are still more than a few men who don't pull their load, who spend all day with the XBox and all night on the computer with the gambling and porn--it's what causes problems with a lot of relationships. That's not to say there aren't any fellahs who eschew that kind of serial laziness, that are not at all unwilling do their part, but the playing field, if we are to believe all the surveys in the lifestyle magazines and newspapers, still isn't level. It's why many women prefer to remain single. Can't blame them, really--like I said, if they wanted kids, they'd raise one from scratch!

I have been a strong advocate for more women in Congress--that's probably the only way we will see any progress on this score. There needs to be more emphasis on real equality, though--in earning, opportunity, representation in public life...there still are glass ceilings out there, cracked but not shattered. I'd like to see more minority representation in public life, too--we come up short on that score as well.