I Knew One Thing. I Did Not

I Was At A Meeting Two Years Ago In Beijing, And I Passed A Bunch Of Women Who Were Marching In A Protest. Their Signs Were Probably Saying Something I Wouldn't Have Agreed With At All. But I Was So Glad To See Women Marching. And It's Happening All Over The World.

Each Suburban Wife Struggles With It Alone. As She Made The Beds, Shopped For Groceries, Matched Slipcover Material, Ate Peanut Butter Sandwiches With Her Children, Chauffeured Cub Scouts And Brownies, Lay Beside Her Husband At Night- She Was Afraid To Ask Even Of Herself The Silent Question-- 'is This All?

This Idea That The Employment Of Women, The Movement Of Women Outside The Home Into The Work World, And Their Demand For Equality Is Somehow Responsible For Increasing Juvenile Delinquency Or The Increase In Divorce Rate, Is Just So Much Bullshit.

I Understood Somehow My Mother's Frustration. And That It Was No Good Not Only For Her, But For Her Children Or Her Husband, That She Didn't Have A Real Use Of Her Ability.

You Can Show More Of The Reality Of Yourself Instead Of Hiding Behind A Mask For Fear Of Revealing Too Much