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I think Tex is asking a fair question. I don't know that a woman being educated and also being a homemaker are mutually exclusive. I don't know, but I wouldn't assume that there is a 1:1 ratio between an increase in female enrollment and females in the work force, though I do assume they correlate.
I also think many (most?) women with the aptitude to go to college now do so without regard to, and probably not knowing, whether they will ever enter the work force or for how long. I know an awful lot of highly educated women who worked for a time, quit to raise their kids, and then went back to the work force or plan to. I personally believe that raising ones own children is a very high calling if the family can afford it, and that education is a crucial to that job as any.
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That's not my point. Does anyone doubt that a smart, educated woman has more tools to be a better parent than the alternative?
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When children are brought into a home it is in the best interest of all parties involved if one of the parents puts career-climbing on hold and either assumes the position of full time caregiver or accepts a more flexible position in the work force. There are only so many hours in a day and when both parents are in demanding careers the marriage and the children suffer. |
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Mind you, my spouse never really desired a career and is relatively fulfilled as a child care giver. However, I wonder if the children would have suffered had we balanced it differently.
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What this has to do with "male chavunists" who think women should stay at home is not so "self-evident," but if you refuse to "engage" then I guess it'll remain a mystery.
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But note, I said parent, not mother. I knew a dad in Dallas who left the work force because life was too crazy. He and his wife were on the verge of divorce. Wanting to save his marriage and keep his three small children from a divided home he quit his job in sales and is now a stay at home dad. His wife, a corporate lawyer, continues as the family's breadwinner. He says he misses working but prefers his current situation to the chaos he lived before. It's not just a Mormon myth. |
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