LINK: So there's this Katha Pollitt column, and I read it, and I have very conflicting feelings about it. On one hand, it's almost certainly the case that there's a misogynistic subtext to a male candidate bringing out the little wife to campaign with him, where she's expected to fufill a certain role which is almost laughable. On the other hand, I'm not too cool with Ms. Pollitt's condescenion towards women who want to stay home and raise a family. I mean, if a woman wants to go out and have a career, that's fine, but does it make her any less of a woman (or any less 'equal' to her husband) if she doesn't?
Anyway, it's a welcome change from reading articles in The Nation that make me want to laugh and/or vomit.
"Thou shalt not extinguish thine anger, but shall master it,
that thy conscience may not be blunted by adjustment
to wrong causes."
-The Dutch Ten Commandments to Foil the Nazis
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