The gender war: GC women against GC women?

[aephi alum]

As Sistermadly said, feminism is about choice.

As recently as my parents' generation, women were expected to get married, have children, and be SAHMs. If you weren't married and a mother by 25 or so, something was wrong with you. Few career paths were open to women - of course, there were women in science, engineering, medicine, etc., but they faced uphill battles to get there. Women who wanted to make choices other than marriage and children and SAHM-ness were frowned upon.

Nowadays, women do have choices. A woman can choose to get married or not, to have children or not, to have a career outside the home or not. I don't think the day will ever come when every woman rejects the notions of a "traditional" marriage and of having children.

I've made some traditional choices and some less traditional choices. I am married, but if my husband had not come into my life, I would not have married some schmuck just to have a ring on my finger. I've chosen to have a career outside the home, and to continue to do so even if we do have children. I've also put off having children - another less traditional choice.

For women who have made different choices, I respect their choices. Each woman - and each man for that matter - has the right to choose what is right for them.