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• Wednesday, April 12, 2006 07:58 AM

  Working Class Mom

  Writers like Flanagan baffle me. I am a secretary and my husband drives a big rig for a living. We are lucky enough to have family help us with our 3 year old twins.

  Not working was a luxury feminist liberal policy created when FMLA and the similar California Leave Act protected my job while I recovered from child birth. It is feminism that pushes me to never be afraid to persue my dreams (i'm currently a senior at a local university getting my B.S.) AND be a great mom.

  My grandmother grew up in a time where her husband wouldn't ALLOW her to work. She stayed at home and took care of their children. When she finally left my grandfather, her family turned against her for daring to leave a man who told her a woman's place was in the home.

  I HAVE to work. There is NO CHOICE. There is NO CHOICE for all the women I work with as well. CHOICE to stay at home would be like winning the lottery. I wish I had that problem.

  But, back to reality. It is still a man's world. Feminism has never been the enemy. Sterotypes and the control of women are the enemy. From the glass ceiling, to birth control, to the insane expectations of the middle and upper classes on mothers.

  All us working class Mothers you see out here, the majority HAVE TO WORK. We pray the childcare workers are not mean to our children, that the health insurance premiums don't go up this year, and that the car doesn't break down before pay day.

  Flanagan is just an opportunist with a good hustle.

  —dahlia Read dahlia's other letters
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