I was just having similar thoughts this morning. About how sometimes I feel as though our generation got fucked by the feminist movement. It became expected and even a sign of sophistication or "keeping up with the times" for women to be employed outside of the home. What no one really ever thought about in that scenario was who the fuck WOULD take care of the home and the children now that wives and mothers are no longer there. 'Cause it sure as hell ain't the men! And they sure as hell didn't fight long enough (the feminists didn't) for PAY EQUALITY so that perhaps we could afford quality care for our kids or a housekeeper or to make enough to only have to work part-time while the kids are at school. Women STILL TO THIS DAY get paid, on average, 70 cents to every dollar a man makes for doing the exact same job (and a lot of them probably do a better job a t said job - the bitter irony) I remember seeing once a figure for what it would cost if you paid someone to do all the things that a stay-at-home wife or mother does and the figure was staggering. It was definitely way more than my salary. And it makes me think that we DO somehow get trapped in this cycle because it would sure as hell be cheaper to make everything from scratch but who has the time or energy when you work 40 hours a week? So you keep buying the expensive, bad-for-you, prepackaged crap because that's all you can do to get by and feed your family. SUCKS! Phew, thanks, I just had to get that off my chest.