I really wanted to read this article, but Financial Times asked me to register to be able to do so. I realize that's not your responsibility, but is there some other version of this article to read?

"The New York Times talked to female students at Yale and found them to be mostly interested in becoming housewives."

Most of the female students at Yale want to be housewives? Why am I finding this so hard to swallow?

demimonde I also find it hard to believe that most of the female students at Yale want to be housewives.

(go to bugmenot.com to get a username/password for any site... in this article's case, just change the "false" in the url to "true)

Funny, nobody ever asks a woman "Do you regret having children?"

"Funny, nobody ever asks a woman "Do you regret having children?""
Heh, that is very true.

Even with that question in the mix, I enjoyed the article. I also liked how the interviewer noted how cautiously and carefully Steinem answered questions about sexism's role in Hillary Clinton's defeat, not because she necessarily should have to be but because this is a woman who has been around the block enough times to know that one verbal misstep and you're labelled for life.

And although I'm sure it has been mentioned other places before, Steinem's comment about how Clinton was praised after she admitted defeat was because society likes women who admit to failing and dislikes women who are successful was kind of like a lightening bolt "duh" moment for me.

"Steinem's comment about how Clinton was praised after she admitted defeat was because society likes women who admit to failing and dislikes women who are successful was kind of like a lightening bolt "duh" moment for me."

Interesting. That's the one comment in the article with which I took issue. She didn't specify who she meant was doing the praising that had been doing the criticising before. Obama and his supporters, of course, needed to criticize her while she was his opponent if they wanted to win the candidacy. But when your opponent cedes, what do you do? The right thing to do is shake hands, and say, "Good game." Also, Obama needs her out campaigning for him now that she is no longer his opponent, so he and his supporters should definitely play up her strengths at this point. That, to me, is the "duh".

I think she meant McCain more than Obama, and other news organizations and blogs. I'm sure she realizes that Obama had to criticize Clinton and now has to praise her in order to win.

I think she meant McCain more than Obama, and other news organizations and blogs. I'm sure she realizes that Obama had to criticize Clinton and now has to praise her in order to win.

Maybe, maybe not. Again, she did not specify. I would not presume to know the thoughts she did not fully express in words.

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