Woman v. Woman, Part II

I had hinted in my last post that I was against Woman's lib and I need to clarify. I am certainly not against the movement to liberate women. I think women and men should have equal rights. We certainly should have the right to vote, to be heard, to have equal opportunities. But I think there is something that women did not take into account or fight for, and that is the right to be different than men. Women fought to hard to be like men instead of fighting for the have equal status as men. I think what women gained wasn't taken from the men, but rather from the sense of family.
Let me explain. Before women's lib, a woman's place was considered to be in the home, raising the children, taking care of the home. And I purposely used home instead of house. I am not talking about cleaning the house. I am talking about taking care of the home in the sense of family. Now here is where I think women's lib could have gone differently. Being a stay-at-home mom is a full-time job. Talking care of one's children is cultivating the future. Being the "keeper" of a family's goals, morals, values is essential to the well-being of everyone. It is a full-time job. It is often a lot harder (and rewarding) then going in and punching your time card.
I think that the women's liberation movement should have fought not only to be able to go out and get a job like a man, but for some credit and much more importantly, the RESPECT for the job that they already do.
I see a different picture these days. Children go to day care, women work their tails off in the workplace often still earning less than men, then women come home and still have to take care of the home (in the sense of family). And I am not saying that men don't help, but I want all of you women who read this to really think hard about who does what on a consistent basis? Who does the cooking? Who does the cleaning? Who does the laundry? Who does the grocery shopping? Who buys and wraps the Christmas presents? Who kisses the wounds more often? Who does your child want when they are sick?
And what else do I see as a byproduct? Since women have pushed their way into the working world, it has created an economic situation where both parents MUST work to make ends meet. There no longer is the option of one parent staying home, it just isn't economically feasible in most people's situations. So 9-5, mommy and daddy both work. And who is suffering? I think the children, I think the family, I think marriages, I think the whole community. Latchkey kids are the rule not the exception. More kids are into drugs at an earlier age. Teen pregnancy rates are up. You hear stories about teenagers torching animals, killing other teenagers.