So women with small children - at what age does this concern end? - should not have big private sector jobs. By the same thinking, they also should not be surgeons, CEOs of major corporations, soldiers or have any other job that may require long hours or extended periods away from family.
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This is cruel, unnecessary, and insulting. It is cruel because it deprives an innocent child of its most basic need – two parents doting on it.
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So I assume you believe the same for men. Who should fill this jobs then?
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this is not an issue of gender but of priorities
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Then why do you speak only of mothers and not fathers? All the US presidents and VPs thus far have been men and many have been fathers. Do you feel the same about the men in these positions with children? If not, it is a question of gender.
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And it is insulting because it places public office above the job we, as parents, must place before all others – the protection of our children.
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She is not going to drop her kids into Afghanistan, to be raised by the taliban. Their protection is not at issue. They also have their father and, I assume, will have at least one nanny. I grew up with a nanny who I love like an aunt - I actually thought she was my aunt until I was 11 or 12. I was safe, and I knew who my parents were and that they loved me. There was nothing immoral about it, and I didn't turn out
entirely twisted.