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Incomparable Worth of Wife and Mother, The

The Incomparable Worth of Wife and Mother

Amanda Learns a Lesson

Several years ago, I went to the much-publicized grand-opening of a new grocery store. Much to my surprise, the customer needed to fill out a virtual mortgage application at this store in order to receive a check-cashing card. As I filled out the form with several children in tow, I wrote in homemaker in the space provided.

The bubble-gum snapping, multi-earringed clerk in her late teens threw the application back at me and said, "Since you don't work, put down his information."

Her message was eminently clear: a mother at home doesn't work because she isn't a paid member of the labor force and exactly "what" she does has no value of any significance. "His" (it matters not-husband, boyfriend, significant other) information is necessary since home making is not considered a legitimate occupation. A call to the store manager elicited a profuse apology but somehow I've just never had the desire to return.(Continue Reading)

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