Are Working Moms causing the destruction of America?
By EOM Contributor
A study was recently released that shows 4 out of 10 women are either the primary or sole provider for families with
children. Part of this is due to loss of jobs for men and part is due to the fact that some men abandon their families. The reaction of the far right conservatives is something to behold.
Women started entering the work force in massive numbers in the 1970s. Since then, due to reliable and available birth control (another thing right-wingers criticize us for, but that’s another story) women have gone on to college, received advanced degrees and had good careers. At this point in time, more women are going to college than men, which means they will have better jobs and be able to support their families.
Here is the reaction of two male newscasters from Fox News (interestingly, the first report on Fox news was an all-male panel, similar to the all-male Congressional panel to discuss birth control) said Erik Erickson: “When you look at the natural world, the roles of a male and a female in society and in other animals, the male typically is the dominant role…we have lost the ability to have complimentary relationships in nuclear families”, and apocalyptic tantrum throwing “We are watching society dissolve around us!” warned Lou Dobbs. http://www.nbcnews.com/id/45755884/vp/52062608/#52062608
http://mediamatters.org/blog/2013/05/31/unlike-fox-cnn-and-msnbc-turn-to-female-panelis/194282
The Queen Bee is dominant over the worker bees, the Black Widow kills the male after mating, in many other species (including humans), the male does his part to create offspring and then wanders away, having nothing to do with raising the young. And yet it’s the “single” mothers who are criticized for caring for their children.
Society is dissolving around us because women are working to support their families? These men don’t seem to understand the alternative: more women and children living on welfare. And if that happened these same men would be complaining about it. Conservatives talk about “family values” but then insult women who try to give their families a better life.
Some women work purely for financial reasons. Some women work because they want to. Whatever their reason, these right-wing conservatives have no right to criticize the choices that women make for themselves and their families. There is no indication that women working will cause the destruction of America or American families. Studies have shown that children of working mothers are just as successful in life as children of stay at home mothers.
So if you are a woman with children, what should you do? Go out and earn a living so your children have a roof over their heads and food on the table? Or live on welfare at taxpayers’ expense? Because in the minds of some of these men, you are a villain either way. Make your own choice. Decide what is best for you and your family. And don’t listen to these misogynistic men who seem to think you are the cause of America’s decline. You are what makes America strong.
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