Journal Entry - Week 12 (cont.)

I am so sad to find out that "Backlash" is a societies reaction to feminism. I would venture to say that it is also women's reaction to feminism. As we, or a percentage of our counterparts get brain washed into believing that our place is in the home, our duty to our children, women all over the country argue against freedom without even realizing they do so. When I decided to go back to school I was told by women my same age that they didn't believe in "letting strangers raise [their] children." I can't even begin to explain how infuriating it was. Even the memory is making my hand shake as I write this. All I could ever respond is that I, myself, was in a daycare from the time I was one and never did I consider myself raised by anyone other than my mother, though it would have been nice if my father had decided to play a larger role in my life. How wonderful for my children to have TWO loving and doting parents that care enough to pay for a fantastic education.  I write two large because when you are a child I believe that the number 2 is the biggest, most important number there is. 2 mothers, 2 fathers, 2 grandparents, 2 guardians, 2 people to share the enormous burden that children naturally are. Anytime I express my independence in terms that have not been previously agreed upon by society, I experience backlash. My question is: When men express a need to be independent, work or further their education; do people lecture them on their parenting? I already know the answer to that question.