The past 5 replies have been blissfully ignorant, optimistic estimates of *present* American opportunities.
the_bob, saying women don't want more is simplistic bullshit.
None of it takes into account the history of gender discrimination, nor other cultures and places where it still exists.
I.e. some places in India and China have a shortage of females in the population because parents killed off all their newborn daughters believing they are expensive - a bride's family traditionally has to pay a dowry to the groom's and girls aren't considered 'useful' for work that earns money. Any girls that make it alive can be sold into the sex industry at a young age, OR, if they survive to an older age in poorer countries sex work is either forced or an eventual choice to fill the previous gender/economy/education imbalance. I won't bother to explain the concept of 'Russian mail-order bride' to you.
More women vote in US districts with female representatives, than in districts with none [forgive me, I can't find the source of this stat]
The influences guiding women's decisions are often forces much bigger than the individual herself. Girls do better in single-sex schools even in 'liberated western' countries. Men are still physically stronger. Female cops will eventually have knee problems due to femurs angled from wider hips; this is not to say women should not be cops or politicians, but you cannot say it is easy.
It's great that some women have the opportunity to choose a career and/or motherhood. It's great there are some househusbands out there. But you have focused on women. There is no culture or tradition of househusbandry. How many times have you heard people say, 'Oh wow, this tastes just how my mom cooked it!!'? How long will it take for that role to become an easy or common choice for men? Do you even know if your state entitles newborn fathers to paternity leave from work without getting fired?
I will leave you with 2 sad points
This disturbing story of Australian culture [despite getting our first female Prime Minister this year, btw]
and
This South African video experiment.
Don't even get started on abortion. Chew on that, 'women don't want more'.
- china/india infanticide http://www.gendercide.org/case_infanticide.html
- burma/chinese border sex workers http://www.irrawaddy.org/highlight.php?art_id=18124
- how women suffer in winner-take-all elections http://archive.fairvote.org/?page=412
[NB: incumbents get free postage-paid for mail-out campaign material as they're still in office - its a pretty rigged system for any incumbent, let alone female]
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