The Flipper Sides of Motherhood 0
Dick Polman sums up the Hilary Rosen fuss. A nugget:
During an appearance, he said that mothers who get welfare should be forced to work outside the home. He said he has long wanted “to increase the work requirement. I said, for instance, that even if you have a child of 2 years of age, you need to go to work. And people said, ‘Well, that’s heartless’ … but I want the individuals to have the dignity of work.”
OK, now I get it: If you’re a rich mom like Ann Romney, you can choose the dignity of full-time parenting. But if you’re a poor mom (the hired help, as it were), your sole option is “the dignity of work.” Lest I make the mistake of uttering a poorly worded phrase, I’ll just let the candidate’s hypocrisy speak for itself.
