Feminism promotes an unnatural equality between the sexes. There is nothing wrong
with sex-role dif...
Women have shown that they are just as capable as men of playing a central role in
public life; men have shown that they are just as capable as women of looking after
the house and bringing up children. Given this, the suggestion that the male/female public/private divide is biological, natural and
right looks somewhat suspect. Feminists point out that the roles traditionally accorded
to men are those which - by virtue of being public - involve the widest exercise of
political power and influence, and argue that claiming that this is natural and inevitable
is an effective way of naturalising male power over women. Claims that motherhood
is more fulfilling for women than career success operate as criticisms of women who
choose not to have children, and are therefore self-fulfilling prophecies; they tell
us nothing about what women are really best at.