the campaign
by rantywoman
I missed this one last year:
I know that many of you don’t think that I’m average, which is funny, since almost half of all Americans are single. We, too, have gone on dates with funny, smart men who are strivers, who drive beat-up cars where you can see the road through the hole in the floor.
It’s just that we got dumped on that date. We will always hate that movie.
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And I am looking forward to a day when American women who are moms and in political life can tell the American people about their Ivy League degrees and their career accomplishments, not just about the deep love they have for their children that only mothers can have, that narcissistic shallow single people will never, ever feel for anyone. Ever.
I’m also looking forward to a day when American women are not defined by their reproductive capabilities by either party.
Until that day, I remain what I have always been: Not Married. Not a Mom. Still American.
thebitterbabe 
Have heard of your blog and have finally made my first (not my last!)visit here. You are spot on about other women thinking that THEIR children make them whole, and now know what real love finally is-ha. I remember when Condoleeza Rice-only a childfree Secretary of State of the USA-was chastized by a female member of Congress for her position on the Gulf War, saying that since she wasn’t a mommy she couldn’t possible know how horrendous it would be to lose a child while serving in the armed forces. Gee, guess no-one really grieves for a lost family member unless they came out of their womb…..I was embarrassed as a woman that such an idiotic statement was made by an American woman…representing the USA…to a highly educated, and extremely accomplished SINGLE CHILDFREE WOMAN..(wish the congresswoman would retire from politics and spare us the stupid statements-and making the rest of us look bad)
Welcome! You can see from my earlier post “flattened” that it’s not just women– men can be condescending about this too!