Family life is suffering because of the folly of feminism
I COULDN’T help but laugh at Rosie Boycott when she declared herself to be ‘the feminist who believes that women must go back to the kitchen’ (Femail). After years of encouraging women to despise their traditional role, she is surprised that, as a result of following her advice, family life and welfare has suffered drastically. What did she expect would happen? That the fairies would do all the cooking and cleaning for her? It’s ridiculous to bleat about men being expected to share the responsibility for the jobs to which she is not prepared to commit wholeheartedly and then complain when so many of them don’t comply. Contrary to popular opinion and desire, women can’t have it all. Your family or your career — you have to make a choice. But once you choose, don’t start complaining when you discover you hadn’t bargained for the consequences. Ms Boycott says: ‘We have to get cooking again, but how do we do that without it being the responsibility of women?’ Perish the thought that a mother should be responsible for cooking her children’s meals! If she isn’t prepared to do it, demanding that men do the cooking isn’t the answer. They get just as tired and stressed at work as women do and would be equally likely to give in to the temptation of serving up takeaway burgers and chips. Where the family is concerned, the feminists got it wrong. Instead of wringing her hands and worrying about ‘sacrificing all that women have fought for’, Ms Boycott should recognise that today’s children are paying the price of yesterday’s battle. Perhaps she should ask herself if, in view of the cost, it was worth fighting for in the first place.
SHIRLEY DAVE, Heston, Middx.