June 18, 2003
When Is A Choice Not A Choice?
One of my gripes about old time feminists is that they talk a lot about choice, but they don't really mean it. Abortion should be a choice they say, but when it comes right down to it, they pretty much think that abortion is the only right choice for any "unplanned" pregnancy. What a women does with her life should be up to her they say (and I wholeheartedly agree), but they can't stop criticising women who choose family over career. I've noted before that a lot of my female college classmates made that exact choice - leaving very successful careers to stay at home with the kids. Maureen Dowd has gotten around to noticing the same trend and instead of being surprised like moi, she's pissed. For her its like a multiple choice test - when given a choice, there's only one right answer.
Posted by Kevin Murphy at June 18, 2003 12:33 PM | Inside Bloging
