Posted by Editormum on 4 September 2008 in
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I’m really fed up with these people who are saying that just because Sarah Palin has young children at home, she should not accept the nomination to be Vice President of the United States? Would they say the same if her husband had been named as McCain’s running mate and Sarah was just gonna be the devoted little housewife/mom keeping home together for him?
Pardon me, your double standard is showing.
If it’s wrong for Palin to run, why isn’t it wrong for Obama? He has young kids, too. And he also has a devoted spouse in the wings. Only their family just happens to fit the traditional mold: Daddy earns the living while Mommy makes the home. So, just because the Palins have turned this upside-down, she’s vilified and the Republicans are idiots to choose her? WHY?
Feminists have been telling us for decades that we CAN have it all. That the fact of our womanhood and motherhood should not detract from evaluation of our career ability. They’ve been telling men that they should take a more active role in child-rearing and home-keeping. But when a gutsy woman and her equally gutsy husband decide to actually live out what the feminists have been telling us we should do, suddenly she’s a horrible mother and he’s a wimpy guy?
You cannot have it both ways.
And the special-needs status of their child doesn’t really matter. First off, the VP makes more than $220K per year. So they can afford more and better household help than most of the rest of us can. Nanny, tutor, housekeeper, manager, private physicians, personal assistants … they are going to have plenty of help in managing the family.
Furthermore, the VP lives in the 9100 sq. ft., fully-staffed VP’s residence (aka the Admiral’s House). Housing and staff is not going to be an issue for them. In fact, Palin might find that she has more, and higher quality time, to spend with her children, simply because so many things will not be required of her at home.
So here is a woman who has been able to land a really high-powered job, who has the support of her husband and (mostly grown) family, and who has the financial means to ensure that her family will not be neglected while she performs her duties, yet all of the so-called women’s-rights advocates are lambasting her because she has a new baby with Down’s Syndrome. What happened to women having power, having choice, having equal opportunity?
I’m sickened by the whole, disgusting brouhaha. We women have been standing behind our talented men for centuries. Now it’s our turn to shine a little, and I think that’s grand.
So I say, GO PALIN! Show the world what a determined, well-educated, respectable woman can do. And GO MR. PALIN! You show the world what a supportive man can do to help his talented wife achieve great things.
Tags: feminists, gender equality, Palin, Politics, women's rights
Y’all Need to Lay Off Sarah Palin!
I’m really fed up with these people who are saying that just because Sarah Palin has young children at home, she should not accept the nomination to be Vice President of the United States? Would they say the same if her husband had been named as McCain’s running mate and Sarah was just gonna be the devoted little housewife/mom keeping home together for him?
Pardon me, your double standard is showing.
If it’s wrong for Palin to run, why isn’t it wrong for Obama? He has young kids, too. And he also has a devoted spouse in the wings. Only their family just happens to fit the traditional mold: Daddy earns the living while Mommy makes the home. So, just because the Palins have turned this upside-down, she’s vilified and the Republicans are idiots to choose her? WHY?
Feminists have been telling us for decades that we CAN have it all. That the fact of our womanhood and motherhood should not detract from evaluation of our career ability. They’ve been telling men that they should take a more active role in child-rearing and home-keeping. But when a gutsy woman and her equally gutsy husband decide to actually live out what the feminists have been telling us we should do, suddenly she’s a horrible mother and he’s a wimpy guy?
You cannot have it both ways.
And the special-needs status of their child doesn’t really matter. First off, the VP makes more than $220K per year. So they can afford more and better household help than most of the rest of us can. Nanny, tutor, housekeeper, manager, private physicians, personal assistants … they are going to have plenty of help in managing the family.
Furthermore, the VP lives in the 9100 sq. ft., fully-staffed VP’s residence (aka the Admiral’s House). Housing and staff is not going to be an issue for them. In fact, Palin might find that she has more, and higher quality time, to spend with her children, simply because so many things will not be required of her at home.
So here is a woman who has been able to land a really high-powered job, who has the support of her husband and (mostly grown) family, and who has the financial means to ensure that her family will not be neglected while she performs her duties, yet all of the so-called women’s-rights advocates are lambasting her because she has a new baby with Down’s Syndrome. What happened to women having power, having choice, having equal opportunity?
I’m sickened by the whole, disgusting brouhaha. We women have been standing behind our talented men for centuries. Now it’s our turn to shine a little, and I think that’s grand.
So I say, GO PALIN! Show the world what a determined, well-educated, respectable woman can do. And GO MR. PALIN! You show the world what a supportive man can do to help his talented wife achieve great things.
Tags: feminists, gender equality, Palin, Politics, women's rights