I'm not sure my marital status has much to bear on this thread, but for the record I'm not married. I'm in a relationship which has two incomes, and domestic duties are split equally down the middle.
I find it ludicrous that this is a country where even the poorest and most working class person sees having a maid as a domestic necessity, yet in the 'rich' western world, it is now commonplace for husband and wife to both hold down full time jobs AND raise children AND run the house.
Saying it's 'too hard especially for women' to handle a job and children is an insult to the millions of working women who raise children and run homes all around the world.
I'm not sure my marital status has much to bear on this thread, but for the record I'm not married. I'm in a relationship which has two incomes, and domestic duties are split equally down the middle.
I find it ludicrous that this is a country where even the poorest and most working class person sees having a maid as a domestic necessity, yet in the 'rich' western world, it is now commonplace for husband and wife to both hold down full time jobs AND raise children AND run the house.
If you take a quick look at the latest census information from the US, you will see that abotu 70% of married women with children are active members of the labor force.
http://www.census.gov/population/socdemo/hh-fam/cps2008/tabFG8-all.xls
Saying it's 'too hard especially for women' to handle a job and children is an insult to the millions of working women who raise children and run homes all around the world.