So today as I drove to teach class, wishing I could stay home with DS and clean house, play, be domestic, I thought a little about how shocked my MIL was that I would ever consider being a stay at home mom. She "couldn't imagine not having a career." She always intended to go back to work and when I told her DH and I wanted a big family and eventually I might like to stay home and take care of the kids, she just couldn't believe it. In all fairness, I am a raging feminist. I study rape and prostitution in the 18th century. I'm active in women's groups. I took a lot of time deciding whether or not to change my name. Despite that though I don't think feminist=working outside the home. The problem with feminism is that people have such extreme ideas of what it is. I think we can thank NOW for that. Feminism, for me, is simply about choice. I have the choice to be a mom, have a career, go to school, stay home, etc...No one choice defines me as a woman.
Of course, I got to school, had a fantastic class, went to the library and picked up stuff for comps. Would it be so wrong to get a PhD just to have a PhD? I could be Dr. Mom.
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