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Originally posted by Timber Loftis:
Preach it, brother. I was pondering this while doing groceries late last night, looking for such idiosyncratic treasures as diced pimientos that my wife had put on the grocery list.
I think that both the "stay at home caregiver" and the "breadwinner" roles play an important part with kids. My problem with the feminist movement is that rather than empower women for what attributes that are traditionally associated with "feminine," the movement has instead encouraged women to become men, and told them they are not a success unless they do in fact assume what were traditionally male roles. This has left a dearth in society, a void, of the "stay at home caregiver" role -- which these days is relegated to a day care service. 
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So you are saying that feminists should fight for the right to stay at home? But I'll agree to the "stay at home caregiver" when you scratch feminists from the same paragraph. A child (may) benefit from having his/her mother around while growing up (I wouldn't give up my rights for maternal leave!).
BUT a child benefits an equal amount from having his/her father around. I wonder why that has never come up in politics.
A huge [img]graemlins/thumbsup.gif[/img] to all IW fathers who stayed at home from work after their children were born! Perhaps it is time to encourage men to become women.