Klarinet Archive - Posting 000670.txt from 2004/10

From: Donna Higgins <Donna@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Is Clarinet for Girly Boys Only?
Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2004 14:21:54 -0400

Forest Aten wrote:

> My wife is a dentist....WE have two daughters...and she's still a practicing
> dentist. Why would this be any different for a woman musician?
>

Perhaps because other women aren't married to enlightened men like you? :-)

Seriously, it's great to hear about men who truly share the child-rearing
responsibilities 50-50, but unfortunately overall, it's still the case that
women do most of the work when it comes to child-rearing and household chores.

Wasn't there just a Labor Dept. study confirming this? Even for couples who
split the housework 50-50 before having children, most become much more
traditional in the division of labor afterward, if I remember correctly what I
read about this study.

I'm an amateur, playing in community groups, and I agree that most of the women
(not all, but most) are either college age through mid-20s; have older or
grown-up children; or (like me) don't have any kids. Not many have babies or
kids under about age 12.

- Donna

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"L'enfer, c'est les autres."

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