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[blahflowers]

Another week, another article in the Daily Mail telling women to quit all their jobs and get back in the kitchen.

Quite simply, women are preprogrammed to feel dependent on men. Even today women may be richer and enjoy all the trappings of success but, deep down in their psyche, they fear they can't survive alone... Happiest of all were women whose husbands brought in at least two-thirds of the household income, regardless of how much they helped with domestic chores. In short I suspect women will never feel truly comfortable earning more than their men. The need to rely on a man is driven by such a deep-seated biological urge, I cannot see it ever being eradicated completely.

So what about lesbians then? Or m-to-f transsexuals that are sexually attracted to other females? Oh sorry, it's the Daily Mail so it's junk science from a world that bears no relationship to the one we live in.

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[gair.livejournal.com]

And of course the idea that the person running the home is relying on the person bringing in the money is not culturally constructed, but biologically programmed too. Just as CEOs of companies will never feel comfortable earning more than the people who create the product on which they rely... oh, no, hang on...

[davidbarnett.livejournal.com]

This month's Marie Claire magazine, which is usually one of the more forward thinking of the glossies, had a huge feature on how working mothers are bad, bad, bad and how children dumped in nurseries and after-school clubs, although they seem to be enjoying themselves, are really slowly dying inside.

Which made Mrs Sax feel quite good (not) about daring to continue to pursue her career and maintain a fairly high level of independence (which, given my money management, is A Good Thing all round) as well as being a great parent.

[cherielabombe.livejournal.com]

But *all* of those (women's glossy) magazines - even the best ones, like Marie Claire - put forth the message that in order to be a "sucessful woman" you need to fit into certain social standards. Sure part of the glossy's appeal is escapism but there's also a part that you're meant to identify with and if you don't, well...