Friday, April 3, 2009

John & Kate Plus 8

I was watching the show John and Kate Plus 8 which is a reality show of a family in which she has a set of twins and a then sextuplets. This show promotes women as the traditonal housewive that stays home,cleans, cooks, and cares for the children. Kate the mother stays home while John goes off to work. She washes the kids laundry, gets the twins off to school, and cares for the six children by herself until he returns home. She had dinner on the table for when he comes home while still managing to chase around all those kids. I have much respect for her but it's beyond reality that everyone is able to manage all of that. It may make young women believe that that is what a family should consist of instead of promoting that women can be independent and successful. They can go out in the job world and be in high ranking positions and make their own income without depending on a man.

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