On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 4:03 AM, Lesley Binks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Society itself demands that men earn more than women and that women > shouldn't have high responsibility high earning positions in order to > uphold the status quo with respect to rearing families > i.e. with the mother at home or at least expected to assume most > child-based responsibility. > > While it is entirely posible for a woman to delegate some of this > activity to nannies and other staff they have to have an expectation > of the relevant salary to be able to afford to employ staff to do such > work as well > as support from their partner and their employment if not their > immediate family and that package is, in my experience, very rare > indeed.
or ... that task goes to the father... (why is that option missing? it's far far more common than nannies, at least in my "society") -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]