why teh article in the Times mag is cringe inducing

[WarrenPeace]

apart from its "nothing new there" general theme and i DONT CARE whether women work after birth or not at all but sheesh these bits

" i like the role of a fifties housewife"

then one woman bleats on about how hard it is and no status and her cv on her t shirt ( ie she only has a degree fgs) then says her H wants to swap but she " wouldnt for the world"

then laura allen HAS to put a cupcake in. " i dont sit around all day eating cupcakes" er no.

then Layala Rodham SERIOUSLY says "i like to have a hot meal on the table when steve gets home"

OHMY CHUFFING GOD

That's why I don't buy The Times anymore.

Another Murdoch vehicle. And I find him a misogynistic twat. He's basically a white, capitalist version of a Taliban follower.

i dont think HE wrote it expat.
tbh those are only the worst bits - there is a tiny bit of sense talked but really another article about this?

That's terrible. So much for freedom from opression and equality between the sexes. I suppose if they are happy being slaves domestic servants then who am I to argue, just don't shove it in other women's faces though.

i htink in a few years time where novelty of wiping lunch table has worn off they will look back and cringe.
naiive aint it

Well, of course he didn't. But look at the content of his media.

That's why I refuse to line his pockets.

He selects people to peddle his misogynistic line of bullshit often enough.

Why continue to read such tosh?

I read it at swimming this morning

Dear lord

But did you notice they were all slim and pretty, not lardy and 'unphotogenic'

and as expat said not black!

i only bought it to read Janice turner..

has no oen read?

These young girls are way too old for their age.

Settling down at this age to being a housewife and mother is a sure fire way to single parenthood, penury, loneliness and regret.

Half of them are not even married so have no security when partner buggers off. Have a career, be independent and learn to love life before motherhood.

I read it. It was buttock-clenchingly awful.
For extra annoyance, it was paired with an incredible cliched and well-worn article in another section telling silly women who moan about parenthood (including on this site) to pull themselves together and use contraception.

I should say here that I did not buy this rag, just see it in the library and leaf through it to annoy myself.

I don't even read the Times online anymore 'cos you have to register and life is too short.

I guess the 10 or so of you who didn't like it can find solace in whinging to one another. Mr Murdoch is probably on the phone now, stopping all press that upsets a minibus full of you.

I feel the article provided a redress to the constant barrage of press that asserts that women should/must be high-flying career women AND SuperMums. Some women (my own wife included, get an incredible sense of fulfillment from being at home with our son; we aren't well off, but with another 30 years of work to go neither of us will look back and wish we'd worked more when our children were just learning to walk/talk/play/think/paint/question/laugh/run.)

Deeply's comments are especially ignorant and bitter; perhaps s/she might live up to his/her monicker and think before typing; maybe even just say it aloud and hear how ridiculous it is first.

I wasn't terribly impressed with the article, or terribly surprised that any of these women ahd chosen to giev up work.

From the front cover I was expecting at least one to have given up a career - the closest was the woman who was a secondary school teacher. The others either drifted around not knowing what they were doing or had jobs that are traditionally associated with people who want to spend all their time with babies/children - nursery worker and primary teacher.

HD, I felt the same way. It's not what I chose, but my parents have a long and happy marriage based on that principle and so does my sister.
I was and am the traditional dungaree-wearing 70s feminist, without makeup or heels.

I find it sad that other people's life choices are reviled because they are not the ones you approve of. Surely being liberated is the right to choose?

do you want ketchup with that chip handydad?

er - I am a Primary Teacher. I HATED being at home with my DS. I certainly didn't want to have DH's dinner on the table and I see my job as a proper career thanks very much!

"Why I stay at home"

"Why I go to work"

"The working mother's guilt"

"The stay at home mother's depression"

God it's so BLOODY boring.

And none of them are "trends" ffs. They're just people living their lives. Although those girls in the Times are so deluded I wanted to scream.

Of course a primary teacher can be a career, it just didn't seem like it had been for the woman the article. They all seemed to have been just marking time until they had babies.

lifeissweet, I was going to post who needs sexism when the Sisterhood can kick you in the teeth without help.
Yes, I have a career. I had a SAHH when the children were younger.

fulfilled? That's not what your DW told me handydad..

Who is 'the Sisterhood'? The capital letter looks very sinister.

ooh is this an article about young mums who choose to stay at home?

if so - I was nearly in that article as the journo asked for young mums on here. but turns out I was too similar to someone already chosen. either that or she saw my photo and thought Oh God We Can't Let That In Our Magazine!

either way - from the reaction on here - thank f*ck I wasn't in it!

'Settling down at this age to being a housewife and mother is a sure fire way to single parenthood, penury, loneliness and regret'

So when will that kick in for my relatives?
My sister is in her 20th year of marriage to a man who loves her, three children and enough cash to manage nicely, SIL has two children and ditto with the family situation. Except they can afford three holidays a year.
Parents are going for their 50th anniversary next year.
None are single parents, impoverished, lonely or sorry about their choices.
Other members of my family have other combinations of jobs and families, and different situations. Most of us are mostly happy which is as good as it gets in real life.

goblinchild a SAHH? oh forgoodness sake - dont you know that a child needs its mother silly.