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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Feminism is about empowering women to do what they want.  Not just to get high paying jobs.  If a woman wants to stay home -- that is feminism.  And other women should not be making comments about it.[/quote]

You cannot possibly believe that. Most women I know who stay home are setting women back decades. [/quote]

Yes I believe that.  Stay home moms are making choices they get to make.  That is feminism.   [b]Choice.  Or do you not believe in that?[/b][/quote]

That's called "Choice Feminism" for a reason and it's pretty...fraught with issues. So no, you making a choice just because you are a woman does not make your choice a feminist choice. And that's fine, all choices don't have to be feminist, but being a feminist does generally include pushing forwards women's rights in spheres outside our own immediate decisions and our families to advance the greater good of women, which many can reasonably argue you do not do.[/quote]

Curious what you and others who are stay at home moms based on it not being a feminist choice do you advance the cause of feminism? And I’m specifically replying to this comment because it seems very reasonable. But I have to think that merely working in a corporate environment doesn’t do much for the cause. [/quote]

Once I had a baby, any concern about how my actions would impact the feminist movement went "bye-bye."  All I cared about was that damn kid. My decision to stay at home were firmly and decidedly driven by the best interest of my kid(s). We lived in a crap apartment (crap everything really...), budgeted, and made do on one salary. (our finiancial situation has improved dramatically over the past ten years, btw.)  I went back to work when the kids were in late elementary school - when they were actually sentinent and aware enough for the idea that "mom's job is a feminist statement" would actually sink in. No baby in the world cares about feminist ideals, they just want their mom. [/quote]

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