No right is more precious in a free country than that of having a voice in the election of those who make the laws under which, as good citizens, we must live. Other rights, even the most basic, are illusory if the right to vote is undermined.
- US Supreme Court

Saturday, September 13, 2008

the difference between Palin and "supermom" is a man

This from Boston Globe:

The Emergence of Sarah Palin is actually the Return of Supermom. Mother of five, moose killer, and marathoner, she was back at work three days after her son's birth, juggling a Blackberry and a breast pump while making Helen Reddy look like a slacker. Call her a role model or a parody, but the fresh face of 2008 looks like the exhausted face of the 1980s.

There actually is a difference, and it's a pretty significant one. Unlike Supermom, Palin has a husband*.

Palin herself gives him credit:

There is no way I could have done this job without his tremendous contributions to the home life. He's able to keep it organized, like a well-oiled machine.

It has been so many years since feminism was actually on the offensive that perhaps they've forgotten that the idea of shared household responsibilities was once a feminist goal.

I actually don't believe Todd Palin will be the real caregiver. I believe the Vice President of the United States of America could probably afford a nanny.

But still, it's the image that counts, and, personally, I think the role model that Todd Palin will make - as a strong, macho man who is not afraid to let his wife stand in front of him - has the potential to be just as powerful as an image as that of a woman VP.

I can't believe it's the so-called feminists peddling this idea that it's indecent for a woman with children to be career-oriented.

Why are feminists so hateful toward mothers?

No - wait - I think I may know the answer to that: I am guessing it is because feminism isn't really so much about concern for women as it is about opposing the patriarchy. (Am I right?)
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* it's the feminists who have traditionally been the ones - the only ones - arguing that women "can do it all", with or without men.

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