be a more prominent position in society. I would in no way criticize a woman for seeking to fulfill the potential of her own life. It is when those that think they know right from wrong decide to “protect” their fellow females and force their views upon them that I see a great injustice being carried out. David Gelernter (1997) states: They had jobs, but feminists weren't satisfied; every other woman had to get one too. So they opened fire on homemakers with a savagery that still echoes throughout our culture. A housewife is a "parasite," [Betty] Frieden writes; such women are "less than fully human" insofar as they "have never known a commitment to an idea." -Drawing Life, Surviving the Unabomber, Free Press, p. 95 When women are all but forced to enter the workforce to meet feminist ideals, who is at home with their children? Do we not see a correlation between the lack of maternal influence and the path down which our children appear to be headed? Who is teaching the children of our society the difference between right and wrong when neither parent is in the home to guide them? The role of a woman as a nurturer to her children has been replaced by a woman who hurries her children off to a day care facility or a babysitter to make it to work by nine. I can’t imagine that these strangers we are allowing to raise our children have the same vested interest in our children that we as mothers have. A child should be raised in a loving stable environment. Childcare facilities provide neither stability nor love. The only thing constant about daycare facilities is the constant need for new staff due to extraordinarily high turnover rates. The bonding that is imperative for the mental health of a child becomes impossible in such situations. It used to be that being a mother was a cherished role in society. Today it is apparently nothing more than a burden. It used to be that we made sacrifices for our children....
