"geopelia"  wrote in message
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> "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)
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>> 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
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>
> 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.

Good points - the drive to get more women into the workplace has pleased the
Rockafellas of this world - i.e. it has driven down labour costs by making a
larger available labour pool. Feminists were blind to this as once more they
put dogma before common sense.

Phil


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