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Wednesday, April 12, 2006 12:00 AM

The happy hypocrite

I never cared that Caitlin Flanagan calls herself an at-home mother, even though she's a magazine writer with a staff of helpers. But now she's using her battle with cancer to denounce feminism and extol her traditional virtues -- and I've had it.

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  • Wednesday, April 12, 2006 10:05 AM

    The Real Working Mothers

    Everyday I work in a hospital where women are working full time, going to school and raising children while battling husbands (ex or not)for child support. Mothers who worry every day what will happen when a child is sick, and they must stay home, losing money and probably school time, in an attempt to provide a better life for there children. I have enormous respect for these women. Ms. Flanagin would not survive a day in their world. I have only read excerpts of her work but feel no need to provide her any of my income by buying her book. I just hope I am some kind of support to the real working mothers that I encounter.

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