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[quote=Anonymous]To me the essence of feminism is choices.  Nobody tells us we have to be a mom, or SAHM, or work, or WOHM.  I can wear a burqua or a bikini, MY choice.  I can have multiple sexual  partners or none at all.  And of course, I have to be responsible for the choices I make, as should the men who make those choices with me.  Or maybe I choose a woman for a partner.  MY choice.

If women want to ensure choice for themselves and their daughters, the best thing we can advocate for is high quality, affordable child care and public education.  Reproductive choice.  Equitable divorce laws, heaven forbid your DH has a midlife crisis and you suddenly find yourself as a solitary wage earner and care giver.

I thank god for my education and ability to provide for my kids despite my ex having totally flaked out on us.  I am no lawyer but I can afford a perfectly nice life and a single family home in a good school system.  The American Dream is working for me.  I'm less worried about my older white male boss than I am the Republican party.  I feel very threatened by the reactionary reproductive legislation I see going on right now.  Birth control, abortion, slut shaming - if we lose control of our wombs then we lose control of our destiny.  I chose to have children but I do see that that for many women more so than men, that choice can be similar to a career-ending injury.  You will never be the unfettered machine you were pre-babies.  And these men who are competing with us now in the workplace know that.

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