Daily Archives: Saturday, 13 February 2010

One does not have to believe that women should be kept barefoot and pregnant in order to grasp that there is an extraordinary majesty to motherhood. I believe no such thing. I have never believed such a thing. Yet, I regard motherhood as a tremendous gift. Likewise, I have enormous respect for women who have excelled in roles that do not pertain to mothering. Indeed, I am entirely at-ease the mother and the brilliant female research scientists. Just so, my enormous respect for each woman flows from two very different sources, just as my enormous respect for a male fire fighter and a male professor flows from two very different sources. I can see marvelous moral equality in all of these. It is such a pity that Professor Elisabeth Badinter cannot. Continue reading →