Nina over at Queercents has posted her thoughts on Leslie Bennetts’ The Feminine Mistake: Are We Giving Up Too Much?
There’s a good discussion going on about all this in the Queercents’ comments thread. I’ve offered some thoughts of my own there, based on an earlier Mombian post about Bennetts’ work. Pop on over if you want to join in or just read everyone else’s opinions.
This, the competitive attitude from ‘working mothers’, has been a situation I have found myself in as a stay at home mom who also happens to work from home. Many friends and family members have tried to ‘set me up with a job’ over the years, at I feel like screaming sometimes! Now I tell them I already work 3 shifts, I couldn’t possibly take on any more! HaHa I would love it if my wife could stay at home full time, that is something we are working towards by focusing on our ‘estate planning’. When I was in a straight marriage, ‘estate planning’ came automatically, but in the end after the divorce I didn’t have anything, not even state disability, he accrued it all. Now I am working towards a career in my spare time, on the side of my ‘career’ as a mom. In any case, the double standard lives on! Too bad.