The question should rather be: what if she is better at her job? What if society loses more if she quits than if her husband does? Even so, I think that, in spite of your and elskuligr's views, most women simply do feel closer to what they have borne in their womb, than even their husbands do. To sacrifice something for their children comes natural for them; just watch who it is, at dinner, who takes the bad part of the chicken, and lets the child have the thigh or the breast. This instinctive fact often drives the choices of wife and husband.
And why do you refer to "your wombs" as if it was something second-rate? Whatever else anyone can contribute to society, there is only one thing that can give it life. It ought to be a token of special honour; whereas you speak of it as if it was less important and significant than the choice to be swindled by Politician A instead of being defrauded by Politician B.
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Re: women and babies
Date: 2008-06-20 03:22 pm (UTC)And why do you refer to "your wombs" as if it was something second-rate? Whatever else anyone can contribute to society, there is only one thing that can give it life. It ought to be a token of special honour; whereas you speak of it as if it was less important and significant than the choice to be swindled by Politician A instead of being defrauded by Politician B.