I am truly sorry for your experience layla, mine has been the same only from the opposite side. I cant even count how many times I was called a "bad mother" or "you are not a mother at all" by women who stay at home.

When you write things like this, and its a very simplified equation, it fills me with horror.

Quote Originally Posted by l_27_australia View Post
If two incomes weren't the norm, things like house prices would go down because it would be normal for a household to have less money to put towards a mortgage. Wages would go up because removing women from the labour market while they were raising their children would increase competition for jobs and raise wages. i know many women who would love to stay home with their kids but can't because everything in our society is now based around the presumption of two incomes.
I do think that women should have a right to longer maternity leave - and ironically its something many feminist organizations are fighting for today - but most (sooner or later) like to get back to work.
There are many problems in our society, but they are not a blame of feminists.

As for our bdsm thing most of our "liberated" (lol) friends hardly even blinked, while those who live in a more traditional set up...lets just say we no longer see them or at least as little as possible.