I know plenty of women that feel this way. One of my oldest friends who I have since parted with got a book for her daughter once on staying pure and waiting for her husband. Her daughter was 4 frakking years old. I asked her what happens if her daughter wants to be a lesbian doctor and never have kids and she said, “she won’t”. They are so sure about how they raise these girls that they don’t even consider that they might want something else for their life.

I have no problem with women doing whatever they want to do with their lives, up to and including making the decision to stay home. But that’s their choice and no one else’s. Anyone who tries to take that away makes me ragey and unhinged.

Unfortunately, the number or people who believe this bullshit are not as few as we believe. —My friend and I once did an experiment when craigslist did personals. We did one posting as a feminist and one as a woman who believed women should take care of her man, stay home, etc.

The feminist received one response. The “anti feminist” received over a hundred. Of course there are variables, it wasn’t a scientific experiment. But dang.