You Can’t Win for Losing

Last updated on: July 13, 2011 at 2:56 pm by Nancy French

You Can’t Win for Losing 2011-07-13T14:56:57-05:00 Nancy French

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Many of you saw the article I wrote for National Review titled “The NYT Wants Men to be Women” in which I discuss how mothers of young (presumably nursing) children just physically cannot easily leave their kids at home to pursue careers.

We give birth and have breasts that nourish, and it’s not men’s fault. Anyway, I got a lot of hate mail over that one, from women who work who seem to think I was saying that women should never work. (This, in spite of the fact that I am a professional writer. I know, I know, it’s not nine to five but — believe me — it’s work.)

So today I was surprised to get an e-mail from someone who found me through the recent Politico article.

Nancy, Unless your children are young adults (like my 23 year old son) you left them to go to live in Alaska for a month. I am a liberal woman, and I never never never would have left my son, and I do have a husband/father of said son. NEVER NEVER NEVER would I put work ahead of my child. You did and shame on you.

A friend who saw this note e-mailed me, “Well, you can’t win for losing.”

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