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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Who says you need a “special passion” in order to have a job?

I would guess that most people don’t consider their jobs their passions and that is all right. They are satisfied with the knowledge that they are contributing to the world and their families.

Just get a job, anything.[/quote]

You could contribute to the world by -
- recycling
- not eating meat
- not having more than two kids
- not using fertilizer, herbicide or pesticide
- making sure your kids are doing well academically
- volunteering
- driving a Prius
- eating local and organic produce
- not being obese
- walking more
- being educated
-not being on dole
- not wasting
- planting trees...

All of this is not what most WOH women do. So in essence they are not contributing to the world. Most importantly, if you have a high HHI, please do not take a low paying job that someone might need to sustain their family. Do not snatch the bread from the mouth of kids born in low HHI households. [/quote]

All of this is not what most WOH women do?  The ones I know do a lot of these things.  Actually anyone can do these things, regardless of their work status.  WTF are you talking about?

I also know many women with jobs that have obvious impact on the world or at the very least in their communities.  Nurse or physician, therapist, teacher, social worker; these individuals have can have a positive and sometimes profoundly positive impact on the lives of people they work with.  And how about a scientist/researcher, people who work for organizations like the Red Cross on the ground.  How about the person that helps make sure you have clean water at your house and electricity to power your appliances?  How about the person who makes sure your kids' schools are clean?  I could go on and on.  Many of us have jobs we choose not only for the paycheck, but because they make a difference.  You don't have to make light of this to justify your own choices. [/quote]

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