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To: epicure who wrote (4989)	11/6/2005 7:28:06 PM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (3) of 542057

Well, we have the depressing confessional poetry of Sexton and Plath giving a voice to the women of that time. I think you have a strangely idyllic view of the Old Days. You were born just as I started middle school, I think. I remember women being frustrated and angry (my mother was one of these) at not being able to do the things they knew they were capable of. If you think they were content running charities and being amazing homemakers, you will have to find me some statistics of your own. If women were that content, we wouldn't have had such a reaction to the movement. Also women did a lot more than childcare and homemake; they just got very little credit or pay for it. They were nurses and teachers and secretaries and they got no help at all at home. A lot of women helped in the family businesses fulltime. I don't believe it was nearly the 'before and after'dichotomy that seems to be getting set up here. What I agree with you on is the damage done in demeaning of the homemaker and maternal role by women themselves. But I think some of that has changed also. Both you and I love parenting, but we also had options. That to me is where the movement succeeded. We aren't made to feel guilty any longer for choosing to stay home- and that is progress. That damage was done at the same time-- well, that was predictable. The old omelet thing. I like the idea of the the next step- kind of a second movement to the Women's Symphony-- but it would be nice to see it done "in conjunction with" rather than "as the enemy of" men, and with an emphasis on recognizing our uniqueness now that equality is accomplished. I think we are making strides. We have househusbands- a concept that wasn't even considered in the 50s, we have day care within companies, we have maternity leaves that protect jobs. I don't understand your intense anger, but maybe it will take that for the next step.

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