I like that line very much!  I think that sums it up nicely.  I have always admired true feminists having been surrounded by them most of my life.  But I dont tolerate the supremacist at all.  For like the ugly boor that some men are, they are just as myopic and small minded.

Both, Tova. You see, shortly before my youngest daughter (now 3) was born, I found out a lot of information about my paternal grandmother. One of my aunts absolutely detests her because, in 1930, my grandmother held a master's degree (at a time when most women didn't even attend college), and yet she chose to stay at home and raise her family (in my aunt's estimation, "wasting" her education). I felt (and still feel) that my grandmother's choice was as noble, as affirming to her self and as empowering as a woman who chooses instead to be in the workforce. You see, my grandmother did not choose her role in life because she had no other option but because she felt it was a more noble calling. As a result, our daughter was named, in part, after my grandmother.

But as my girls grow older I see increasing pressure on them to be something else, to be "victims" of some concocted "patriarchal conspiracy" to "keep women down", and I see pressure even among their influences (the direct impetus for this article was the group Girls, Inc. because of its connection with American Girl, a company my family patronize). I want them to know the other side; that there is still such a thing as a woman who is strong, powerful and assertive and yet respects "traditional" female roles. And above all else, I never want them to have the contempt for their mother that my aunt has for hers. I want them, in other words, to see the other side.

Does that answer your question?

You're slipping, Myrr. You came in here LOOKING for something to argue. That is not even REMOTELY what I said.

You just dropped about 1,000 notches in my book with that comment, myrr, because you essentially branded my wife as worthless because she chooses to be a stay at home mom by siding with those who cast such aspersions on her (YES, it IS my wife's choice). You want I should DEMAND my wife get a job, myrr? Doesn't that go against the 13th amendment?

Women have been caring for their families since the beginning of time.  I say, if it ain't broke, don't fix it.  A lot of these women who claim they "have it all" have a lot of stress and not much else to show for it.  Don't get me wrong, I don't judge women who have careers.  I don't even judge women who choose to have a career even if they don't "need" to work.  I just find I get judged by them an awful lot.