......Politics

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0412/75069_Page3.html

I HATE politics, but this is a current issue that I felt I had to address. So here we go. 

As far as a woman's "role" is depicted in society, we have come full circle. From the 1950's dependent house wife, to the independent, hard working, business women with giant shoulder pads that assert her dominance in the 1980's, to the sexually free, hard working, 'no man needing' women of today. The women who chooses who she wants to be, whether that be a stay at home mom or scholarly business women. 

At least that's how my introduction to this post would go, and the summary of a women's role would be, if the world were black and white. Since it's not, I wanted bring light to a real issue being discussed in recent news, about an unexpected debate that unfolded on television Wednesday.  

As the article above summarizes, republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, commented that when it comes to the issues of women and their economic issues he looks to his wife for guidance. In retort, democratic strategist Hilary Rosen responded, that Anne Romney had "never worked a day in her life". So how is it that she could comment on women's economical issues of today? 

This has become a big debate; especially since the Republican party have had so many debates about issues concerning women. From abortion laws, health care, and re-examining what is defined as rape.  What has been coined as the "war on women". 

Everyone is up in arms, particularly the Republican Party, over Rosen's comment. Commenting that she is undermining the plight of the stay at home mom, however I have to say that I whole heartily agree with her. Anne Romney responded via Twitter, making it a point to mention that being a stay at home mom was her choice, and it was hard raising five boys. Continuing that her husband always said that her job was more important than his, because she was raising their family. 

I could imagine, that being a stay at home mother of five boys, while battling breast cancer, as Anne Romney states, would be hard. Now imagine being a working single mom, with two jobs, and three children at home. Keep imagining that on top of not knowing whether the government was going to discontinuing or cut back on your welfare check this week. 

THIS is an issue that most women of today face. THIS is the issue at hand. Not whether or not it's hard to be a stay at home mom. Because everyone knows that that is a challenge in and of its self, but the issue is the fact that women today don't have the CHOICE to be a stay at home mother. This is the issue that most women in today's economy face, not having a choice. 

I completely agree with Hilary Rosen, and I don't think her comment was misplaced at all. I do find it ironic however that two educated women of today are arguing over the plight of women in today's society as house wives vs. working women on national television, when this shouldn't even be an issue. With all the archetypes of women represented in the media, Rosen and Romney, apparently being from different ends of the same spectrum (educated women). They should stop arguing over which is harder, and leave personal issues out of economical issues.