"Philip Lewis"  wrote in message
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> http://www.mensnewsdaily.com/archive/c-e/c-e-misc/ellsworth011705.htm
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> Yes, Ms. Dowd: Feminism Really Was A Cruel Hoax
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> January 17, 2005
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> by Eva Ellsworth
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>  (snip)

> Ms. Dowd asked, "So was the feminist movement a cruel hoax?"
 Yes, it was.
> Not because, "The more women achieve, the less desirable they
are?" but
> because feminism led some women to forego their true desires to pursue
> careers they did not particularly want.  My secret ambition was to be a
> 1950s style housewife.  I kept that dream in the closet for many years
> because the feminist movement made me feel it was wrong to want that.  I
did
> what I was supposed to do - college followed by career.  The pressure to
> excel left little time for a social life.  When I was 27, I experienced
> ovarian failure.  Not only will I never be able to bear a child; I will
also
> have a harder time finding a husband as a result.  My message to young
women
> is that one can go to college or find career success at any age.  When it
> comes to having a family, it may be too late too soon.
>
> Eva Ellsworth


What is really sad is the need today for both partners to work outside the
home, just to pay off a mortgage and make ends meet. One cannot "go to
college and find career success" if the weekly wage is essential, and anyway
there is no money for college fees. The same goes for having a child. That
has to be put off until "we can afford it" when it may be too late.

The really tragic problem is when an unplanned (yes, accidents can happen
even today) but much wanted child must be aborted because there is just no
other way. If the woman is well into her thirties, it may be the only child
she is ever able to have.

We talk about the problems of teenage pregnancy, but forget about the
married woman who just can't afford to have the child.

And if a woman wants to be a 50s style housewife, (and why shouldn't she
have that choice?) she must find a husband earning enough and willing to
support her and the children. That is not easy today.

Geopelia



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