Feminists are starting to show their true colors, as Newsweek reports. Linda Hirshman, author of "Get to Work: A Manifesto for Women of the World," quite explicitly and unapologetically denegrates stay-at-home motherhood. For real.
"Well, if you have two or three children, you're out of the work force for 13 years. And you should have work that brings you influence, honor, compensation, a way of being political and a hand in shaping the world around you."
So motherhood doesn't bring influence, honor, compensation, "a way of being political" (that's good??), or a "hand in shaping the world around you." That's news to me. This is such a sad statement it's not even funny. A woman influences her children and everyone they encounter in their lives. It's an honor to be a mother, which is why we have Mother's Day. There is a lot of compensation for being a mother, just ask one. Perhaps it's not monetary but is that what really counts? Not shaping the world around you? Sheesh, just listen to what world-changing people have to say about how their mothers influenced them and made them who they are.
She talks so snobbishly it's unbelievable. And she defines things in terms of men's standards — who gets the compensation, who gets written into history, who has the power, and so forth.
Dom Bettinelli also has a good piece on this from another periodical.
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