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...then she would have not disappeared into compulsive homemaking to escape my authoritarian father. And would have had the means to kick his sorry ass out the door. And, we, her children would felt her strength and protectiveness and admired her instead of trying to pretend that homemade meals and hospital corners on our perfectly made beds were worth her subjugation.
50% of marriages fail.
Single mothers with children make up our poverty statistics.
Women are free when they have the ability to support themselves. Stay at home with the kiddies long enough and you will be unmarketable and not be able to make a life elsewhere should your life implode.
Work.
Flanagan Works.
That she works is key.
It doesn't matter if it's writing essays or assembling widgets at the kitchen table or going to an office. Women need to have some means of support other than their husbands. Period. To me that's feminism--and Flanagan is a feminist, even if she is annoying.
