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Are Mothers “Robbing” the Workforce?

April 11, 2006 by moreorless

I came across this article while browsing at Ladies Against Feminism and was amazed. I had noticed the news articles over the last year proclaiming that a growing number of degree-holding women were choosing to stay home and raise their children rather than pursue a career. I was heartened by this. Obviously, not everyone took the news the same way….

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on April 12, 2006 at 4:22 pm Amy

The quotes I’ve been seeing from Linda Hirshman have been making my blood boil this week! I am encouraged though to see more women choosing to stay home. I quit college soon after getting married because I realized I wanted to be a SAHM. When I told one of my nursing instructors that I was leaving she said, “Please don’t waste your mind!” Well, I my “mind” has never been so challenged in my entire life!!
on April 20, 2006 at 9:14 pm moreorless

I totally agree with you there! I had no trouble acing my way through school, but my brain as a parent, I am often challenged beyond my limits!