Santorum: Feminism Encourages Women to Work Outside the Home

In his most recent book, Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum expresses the idea that one of the drawbacks of modern feminism is that it encouraged women to work outside the home. How horrible! Women should stay at home and raise children - that's their god-given role in life, right?

Capitol Buzz offers this quote:

"Many women have told me, and surveys have shown, that they find it easier, more “professionally” gratifying, and certainly more socially affirming, to work outside the home than to give up their careers to take care of their children. Think about that for a moment…Here, we can thank the influence of radical feminism, one of the core philosophies of the village elders." (It Takes a Family, 95)

Santorum doesn't seem to have anything negative to say about men who find it more gratifying and socially affirming to work outside the home rather than give up careers to stay home and care for children. Could that be because Santorum doesn't think it appropriate for women to have careers and work outside the home rather than stay home and raise children?

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