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I read this critique after nearly losing my mind watching Flanagan on the Colbert Report last night. Besides the obvious hypocrisy of a woman with servants berating working women - a majority group who have no choice but to work - she pertuates the myth that sex is something women do for men, that it's some sort of sacrifice, a duty. I agree that husbands shouldn't have to pay for sex in the form of "date night" (horror!) but this woman clearly does not enjoy life (even child-rearing, apparently), and neither should any other woman, according to her. Sure, plenty of old-school feminists preached self-flagellation too, in their own way, but Flanagan's complete dismissal of feminism is not only backward, but disingenuous - could she have attained her current stature (and salary) in the '50s? Not likely. All she's doing is pandering to conservative housewives who like to wag their fingers at uppity elitist coastal working mothers, which is exactly what Flanagan is. She's going up on my own personal Dead To Me board. Bitch.
