Comments on: Why Aren’t There More Women in Politics? http://www.monicarolevans.com/2008/08/why-arent-there-more-women-in-politics/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-arent-there-more-women-in-politics My thoughts, my life, my pace Mon, 28 Jun 2010 16:21:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: monicarolevans http://www.monicarolevans.com/2008/08/why-arent-there-more-women-in-politics/comment-page-1/#comment-93 monicarolevans Sat, 06 Sep 2008 21:07:21 +0000 http://monicarol.wordpress.com/?p=132#comment-93 "Everyone that aspires to our nations highest offices will have to put their family on a back burner, and it is not likely anyone will want to do that unless there is someone to pick up the slack…" @ Danielle: At the risk of sounding like a totally crazy person, this is a reason why I think that children should be raised by specific people (and it should be their only job/responsibility) and leave the rest of us to do other things like,... oh I don't know, make the world a better place or something... :-) Women, especially, get stuck raising kids and they don't get to do anything else. It's not fair to them, it makes them hate their kids, and it keeps them from being productive citizens, and the world loses out. Oh no, now I sound like a lunatic, feminist, commie crazy...lol. “Everyone that aspires to our nations highest offices will have to put their family on a back burner, and it is not likely anyone will want to do that unless there is someone to pick up the slack…”

@ Danielle: At the risk of sounding like a totally crazy person, this is a reason why I think that children should be raised by specific people (and it should be their only job/responsibility) and leave the rest of us to do other things like,… oh I don’t know, make the world a better place or something… :-)

Women, especially, get stuck raising kids and they don’t get to do anything else. It’s not fair to them, it makes them hate their kids, and it keeps them from being productive citizens, and the world loses out.

Oh no, now I sound like a lunatic, feminist, commie crazy…lol.

]]> By: Danielle http://www.monicarolevans.com/2008/08/why-arent-there-more-women-in-politics/comment-page-1/#comment-94 Danielle Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:12:15 +0000 http://monicarol.wordpress.com/?p=132#comment-94 I saw an email forward recently about what women in the sufferage movement had to go through and it makes me appreciate it more! There is an HBO movie about their experience "Iron Jawed Angels" and my reading led me to the following book available online.. Jailed for Freedom By Doris Stevens http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext03/j4fre10.txt Regarding the women who don't want to take time away from their families, they have a valid point. If they know their husband enough to know that he is not going to pick up the slack for her, then she would not want to put her kids in danger of being neglected. Of course poor women and single mothers don't have the luxury of even considering it! Everyone that aspires to our nations highest offices will have to put their family on a back burner, and it is not likely anyone will want to do that unless there is someone to pick up the slack... I saw an email forward recently about what women in the sufferage movement had to go through and it makes me appreciate it more!

There is an HBO movie about their experience “Iron Jawed Angels” and my reading led me to the following book available online..

Jailed for Freedom By Doris Stevens
http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext03/j4fre10.txt

Regarding the women who don’t want to take time away from their families, they have a valid point. If they know their husband enough to know that he is not going to pick up the slack for her, then she would not want to put her kids in danger of being neglected. Of course poor women and single mothers don’t have the luxury of even considering it!

Everyone that aspires to our nations highest offices will have to put their family on a back burner, and it is not likely anyone will want to do that unless there is someone to pick up the slack…

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