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Tuesday, 27 May 2008 |
By Pamela Dombrowski-Wilson
No woman would ever deny care to children, family members or parents. That is because most of us are natural born caregivers. But who cares for us when we are older and need care?
We grow up and have children. Depending on the timing of the blessed event, we have either completed our education and are working in a reasonably well paid job or we had children prior to completing education and beginning a career. Strike one.
From the day we are born we are taught that women grow up, marry and have children. We are brainwashed into believing that this is what is expected of us and this is what will naturally occur. What no one tells us is that by having children and taking ourselves out of the workforce, we willingly give up years of earning, years of contributing to social security and years of contributing to our own retirement and our own independence.
Where are the men all of these years? They are working to protect their own years of earning, contributing to social security and building up a retirement nest egg to take care of them when they |
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