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To: James R. Barrett who wrote (23268)	7/5/1998 8:08:00 PM
From: greenspirit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

Jim, I think we must have caught her at a weak moment. :-) Michael

To: James R. Barrett who wrote (23268)	7/7/1998 9:14:00 PM
From: Grainne	Respond to of 108807

Jim, it is your perception that we don't agree on anything, but it is not reality. Sorry to disappoint, because I know it is fun for you to polarize the situation. But really, I think feminism in the sense of women being of equal value, and having choices in their lives, is a very, very important movement, particularly internationally, since women in many other countries have very, very few rights or opportunities. But the reality is that babies and small children need at least one parent who dotes on them, and spends hours and hours every day nurturing them, for optimal development. And men and women need enough relaxed, leisure time to nurture their romantic relationships. When both parents work, time at home is just a strategy game of getting everything done before bedtime. I read recently that the latest idea is to have the children sleep in the clothes they are going to wear the next day, so that morning time is not quite so rushed. This is all just insane, in my opinion, and has led to a higher divorce rate and more screwed-up children. I stayed home with my child, and had loud arguments with the feminist mothers who came to the park on Saturdays, because they kept telling me I was wasting my education taking care of my baby instead of working. I'm sure lots of other women had similar experiences in the early 1980's, when feminism was a shrieking, strident ideology, and dissent was not welcome. Now it seems like most mothers who can afford to stay home until their children are in school do so, because women tried to be SuperMom and discovered it was all a myth, driven by the politics of feminism. This is a vast social experiment gone awry, with lifelong consequences for the children who were born. To me, it is really sad that just as a lot of Americans are discovering it doesn't work very well, larger numbers of European mothers are working. I also think there is an inflationary effect, so that once the trend has begun, other mothers have to also go back to work, as housing prices and rents become more expensive. What a mess!!