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From: zubbie@ihlpl.UUCP (Jeanette Zobjeck)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: Who's watching the kids?
Message-ID: <238@ihlpl.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 22-Jul-85 15:05:06 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jul 22 15:05:06 1985
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> In article <148@dcc1.UUCP> unixcorn@dcc1.UUCP (math.c) writes:
> (Quoting me):
> >>
> >>I would hope that you would see childrearing as being a joint responsibility,
> >>and none of this "you take care of [him,her] ---  I did my job" crap!
> >>Aren't you glad *your* parents didn't have this fucked-up attitude?


> Ross M. Greenberg  @ Time Inc, New York 
> I highly doubt that Time Inc.  would make me their spokesperson.

The presumption that only the father can and should "bring homw the bacon"
is just what everyone is stirred up about. Selfishness is not the
issue only the implication that it must of necessity be a father's 
role to support the family while the mother stays home to raise the
child. 
It would be equally wrong to insist that only the mother support
the family while the father stayed home. 
Obviously someone must work for the means of support
Obviously who ever stays home while raising a child will lose ground in their
	profession
In our current societal setting it is not generaly possible to allow
both parents both the time to work and raise a child (not impossible
by the way but very difficult).

I dont have a workable general case solution but what we need is 
recognition that women are not only mothers they are workers
and fathers are not only workers but fathers as well.



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