Ok, I'm going out on a limb.
Our society changed in some way for the better on this issue and as Frou pointed out for the worse in others. That why I am campaigning for her as President in 08.
However, for the "better." Women in the early years of our growing nation were the backbone of that growth. They raised 4 to 12 kids and sometimes more. Those children became our workers and leaders, when raised by that full time mom, who had to multi-task, plan budget, discipline, attend school meetings, hug and nurture, manage the activities, and was a sex goddess for her man.
It is no wonder the chair was pulled out and the door opened and even a stranger would go to her defense if he saw her being attacked. She was this nation. She was the hero behind the heroes and leader behind the leaders. It was a woman that God chose to bring the Son of God to man. It was woman who fed the workers who fed the world.
Then we grew up as a nation in some ways and we decided we didn't need as many new workers and leaders and we cut back on the number of children thanks to birth control, which also meant we could enjoy the "pleasures" of marriage. Women didn't have the pressure to stay home and raise children for 20 to 30 years. We found when the women went into the factories that they could not only do the jobs, but often do them as well or better than the person they had replaced.
The multitasking they did at home also made them darn good office managers and I still hold many CEO accountable for calling the woman secretary who actually made him a success by managing his time, appointments, bill paying, contacting people, lining up meetings, making sure all the needs of the office were met and made the coffee like she was some kind of servant.
Woman, whether you agree with their policies or not are having an impact on politics, thank you Ms Rice, and they are tough advisaries in the halls of Congresss. They run businesses and take the same risks as men in making their own businesses a success.
Look a the woman, Braxton, I believe, who laid off by Sears downsizing, on welfare, five kids, single mom, took a course in being a janitor. Within 3 years started her own janitorial business and within about 9 years had several employees and revenues of $260,000 a year. I know a lot of men that couldn't do that.
I am glad that any woman who has the time and desire to go into business, can do so. I admire the progress they made in a male dominated world.
But, don't ever tell me the stay-at-home mom is any less a woman. She may have chosen another career path, the raising of children to become workers, soldiers, congressmen, CEO's, etc that they are somehow not leading fulfulled lives. Don't tell me that the womem, whether a CEO or MOM isn't worthy of a chair being pulled out or a door opened. A tip of the hat or a bow is a sign of respect and women, more than men deserve that. For the first 200 years of this nation that was the case whether the woman was in the home or the business world.
Yes, Frou, with the destruction of the family, we have lost much. We have lost more than a responsible male. We have lost the respect for the family and the drive for responsible, disciplined, mentoring of the next generation the family provided.
The femminist movement was another socialist principle that gained favor.
<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr class="standard"><td>Quote </td></tr><tr class="standard"><td class="QUOTE">The Socialist Party strives to establish a radical democracy that places people's lives under their own control -- a non-racist, classless, feminist, socialist society in which people cooperate at work, at home, and in the community.
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The Socialist Party is committed to full freedom of speech, assembly, press, and religion, and to a multi-party system. We are dedicated to the abolition of male supremacy and class society, and to the elimination of all forms of oppression, including those based on race, national origin, age, sexual preferences, and disabling conditions.
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Girls and boys are encouraged to grow up able to choose freely the shape of their lives and work without gender and racial stereotyping. Children are provided with the care, goods and services, and support that they need, and are protected from abuse.[/QUOTE]Principles of socialism (http://www.onelife.com/social/princ.html)
Any of these things sound familiar. I would almost swear they have been said by "progressive Democrats" but, surely that can't be the case. Surely, they wouldn't want to take the "care, goods and services, and support that they need," from the parents and turn them over to society.
Surely, they wouldn't want to lessen the importance of a mother.