Attentive parenting new form of oppression, says feminist Badinter
(NEWSER) - What with all the breastfeeding, diaper washing, and not smoking while pregnant, mothers have become enslaved to their “tyrant” babies. That’s the opinion of French feminist philosopher Elisabeth Badinter, who sees women giving up their lives in the service of their young ones—and risking women's liberation by becoming oppressed by their own children. “We live 80 or 85 years,” she tells the Times , “and children take up 20 to 25 years of that. Staking your whole life on 20 years is a bad bet.” More»
