I have always appreciated what my mother did for us. I myself plan on being a SAHM b/c I want to be a part of my children's lives. My circumstances and technology has progressed to where I can do both.
That being said - those of us that work, men and women, also worked hard to get to where we are in our careers today. I make good money but it did not fall into my lap. And it has nothing to do with who I M. In my case, my M held me back career-wise.
It would be nice to receive some validation of those efforts instead of always being treated like our efforts are any less than theirs. And I think H's would also appreciate it if their W's treated their jobs as being as important as their own work as SAHM.
I suppose my post is polarized as well b/c I am tired of hearing how women that do not have children are somehow selfish and self centered people that have no idea what it is like to work hard. And I am tired of hearing how working women raise children that are somehow inferior to children of mothers that stay at home. It generates that urge in me to toss down the gauntlet.
And I think this issue is more personal to those that had to pay to make The X's go away. It has taken me 5 years to recover financially from a M that lasted 5 years.
And while many women do not M men based on their incomes - there are many that do. If anyone has any doubts - they are welcome to join me at my neighborhood rich housewife bunco party and hear women admit first hand that they M for money. Or call the University of Texas Law School in Austin and ask them why they have a policy of no non-law students in the law library.
