Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!wuarchive!cs.utexas.edu!rutgers!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: tittle@alexandre-dumas.ics.uci.edu (Cindy Tittle) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Should a wife work outside the home? Message-ID: Date: 25 Oct 90 06:22:47 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Lines: 38 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu [This continues the discussion of whether a wife should work outside the home, in particular some comments from Alexander Macalalad: >> To chain women back at home would not only destroy the dignity >> of women, but also would rob society of the contribution of half of the >> population. and Eric McClure's response: >"chain"??? women at home >"destroy the dignity" of women >"rob society of the contribution of half of the population" --clh] That is exactly what it becomes if that is the only option given to women. If a woman (or a man!) freely and without coercion chooses to stay home, that should be no problem. Unfortunately, we still have two more things to learn: 1) That the CHOICE of staying home is to be respected (for either sex) 2) That the indignity of being forced to stay home is not saying that staying home is in of itself "bad." 2a) the delegation of this task (raising children, etc) to the portion of the population generally considered to be unfit for anything else illustrates the lamentable attitude toward these tasks; if they were considered vitally important, they would have been reserved for the important & powerholding members of society... Being forced to do anything, just because you're a man or a woman, robs you of your dignity and chains you against your will. And it robs society of your contribution if your talents lie elsewhere. Now, whether or not the Bible sanctions this or not, I'll leave that to the rest of you. --Cindy -- There is no king who has not had a | ARPA: tittle@ics.uci.edu slave among his ancestors, and no slave | BITNET: tittle@uci.bitnet who has not had a king among his. __ | UUCP: ...!ucbvax!ucivax!tittle -- Hellen Keller \/ | USNAIL: POB 4188, Irvine CA 92716