Re: [Phys-l] Women Earn 46% of Undergraduate Math Degrees but Represent Only 8% of Math Professors ??

[Hugh Haskell <hhaskell@mindspring.com>]

At 12:48  -0600 6/2/06, JMGreen wrote:
> No, his msg is that women who chose the occupation of motherhood --
> an occupation far more valuable than a professorship -- should be honored.
But men who choose the occupation of fatherhood (by doing the things 
that a mother has been traditionally expected to do) are typically 
belittled in our society. Is this the right way to run a ship (of 
state or any other kind)?

My point was, why is it women who are excoriated for desiring to have 
a life outside of child-rearing, while it is considered the norm for 
men?

And while the subject has been raised, on a planet that is bulging 
with more people than it can ultimately support without wreaking 
havoc on what is left of the planet, I think it is time that 
parenthood in general be somewhat less honored than it has been in 
the past. I don't think we need to do a poorer job of raising those 
children that are here, but it would be a good idea to let people 
have the option (that is to say, without being criticized for it) of 
not becoming parents.

Hugh
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