Belkin

Many people that disagree with Belkin's "The Opt-Out Revolution" article say that motherhood is important and it's the time while your child is young that the mothers need to be spending time with their children. I really agree with Belkin in the fact that women are, in a way, hurting some of the feminist movement because they are taking intelligent, capable women out of the work force, so men can dominate it. I do think that it is a choice, but you have to be able to have that choice financially. Going back to the workforce is always a problem as well. I think that women become dependent on men when they opt out, but I will say now, there are more men staying out of the work force to stay home and that is a good change.

Readings:
I think that Bell Hooks made a good argument in saying that yes more than half of the women in the United States work and it was liberating for some women because they shared the workplace, but because of the wage gap (especially for minorities) it really wasn't liberating. Poverty is a central women's issue.

The F-Word states that today women are getting a wake up call when they leave college and don't see much success in the workplace at all. I believe that there are many ways women can have success and that everyones definition of success is different because people want and need different things to achieve their own success. Going to college and graduating is a success in my eyes, but women are going to have to work at finding a career and not settle.