Ann Romney > Hilary Rosen

[kelincihutan.livejournal.com]

Let me preface this by saying that I am not a Romney fan. At all. However, when a moron like Hilary Rosen opens her mouth and says "Ann Romney has never worked a day in her life" because she's a homemaker...well.

Thankfully, Rosen was promptly eaten alive in the media, which has been nice to watch. And certainly Romney had plenty to say for herself. Which leads to this wonderful article:

http://www.nationalreview.com/exchequer/295877/economics-ann-romney

I'll let you read for yourselves what the author has to say, though I think you'll enjoy it. My takeaway from all this, however, has been my increasing certainty that the only real feminists are conservatives. The fact that there's still the occasional attack on Sarah Palin (who isn't even running for anything and didn't deserve it when she was), Babette Josephs claiming pro-life women are "men with breasts," and now Rosen's comments add up to a disgusting picture of institutionalized misogyny running rampant in the Democratic party. How they managed to sell themselves as pro-women I will never figure out.

Comments

[theidolhands.livejournal.com]

That was an interesting article, and true feminism is about having an equal choice of options in the world. If a man had stayed home with the family, we wouldn't want to judge him either -- especially if it was the best economic & family choice.

It is true that the working world can be different from life at home, but it's not necessary to devalue one over the other; they both come with demands, and difficulties, and perks. I've lived through parents who did both at different times and understand the differences that created on a personal level.