What the world has lost in the minds of the MANY women who were never allowed to reach their full potential is shameful and tragic.
I was raised to believe I was equal to all, and all were equal to me. But I had close friends in VERY different situations, and I never understood how a father could want his daughter to grow up and have to serve another master. It was prevalent in my time.
These women today who seem so happy to want to go back to maintaining a household, having a bunch of kids, and supporting a husband so that his frail, masculine ego isn't hurt, are going to wake up one of these days and realize the same thing that many women before them realized. That is - when it comes right down to it, you better be able to take care of yourself.
EDITED TO ADD: I might as well go ahead and piss a bunch of people off - so here goes. No one, and I do mean NO ONE should have more than two children. Having too many children creates burdens not only on the family itself, but on society in general. This "birthrate" nonsense is completely ridiculous. All of these people who are spitting out six and seven kids are not going to be able to put them through college. We are going to wind up with an even more ignorant populace, and at the same time, resources will be stretched and the planet will suffer.
There, I feel a little better now.
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