The Pollution Around A Noble Thought
A friend of mine had an interesting conversation with her father. It started with he telling her that the family was looking for a suitable partner for her elder brother, and a little while later, it got to a point where he said, "Yes, nothing wrong with working women, but what is the need after all? Your brother is competent enough to provide for both of them." If you're a feminist, your first reaction might be one of disgust or fury. But if you are a rational thinker, you would admit that there is nothing factually incorrect about the statement (I presume we can take the dad's word for the potential bridegroom's competence). If one partner can provide for the family, both do not need to work. [The keyword is "need".] I seek to be both, a feminist and a rational thinker. Indeed, the two go very comfortably together. Feminism does not have to be a struggle or a fight with one's own self. It's usually a struggle only with othe