I respect and appreciate..  Thanks

 YESSSSSSS... That is what I meant...

 Because other than traditional ways, you don´t need the second person to attend the ceremony

I don´t like that either I would never act that way to you or anyone else ........... so long as it is a choice to be wife and mother.

If I could have any job I wanted, that would be it.

Also to Trudy, I so admire your choice as well

Again... couldn´t agree more... However, looking at the number of women senators IS an important aspect as well. If women are not involved in important social decision making then by definition, the society is dominated by men.

 Huh? Blond probably, I don´t get it. (Sorry.)

 Well, isn´t it a FACT that the world is dominated by MEN?.. Is there any country in the wrold who has the same amount of both genders for every occupation?.. the answer is no..

we are just looking at who has the highest percentage and then rank them accordingly..

so where is the real equality?

 Well, do you know how we make babies in the traditional way??? Man and woman???

so if you were to adopt as a single mum, or decide to have a child on your own, you do not need the man present in your bedroom, so you don´t actually bring something into life together?

That is what I meant, in case somebody gets up and says, no, you don´t need two persons, yesterday I went and I had it done by myself??

By the way, i sometimes have blond days too... that´s acceptable I guess.

 Actually, I think the idea that it´s "more enlightened" for women to have outside careers is the problem. I don´t see what is wrong with a woman being a stay at home mother/wife.

There is no reason she can´t be educated, in fact she should be educated. There is a lot to learn to be an efficient and effective homemaker. In no way is it a simple task.

Creating a healthful enviornment, healthy meals and knowing some of those much maligned "old wives remedies" (from which a lot of modern medicine is indebted to) is a valuable contribution to society.

There is no reason a stay at home mother/wife can´t be a contributing member of society, particularly in light of today´s Internet options. I think we should rethink things. Why should women have to fit into the male model?

Can´t we expand and have a more evolved method. Certainly the way male careers have evloved has been to their advantage. What about females? Why try to fid a round peg in a square hole?

As for what parent is dominant, that is up to the family. Sometimes it´s the female, other times it´s the male.

 I understand...I just don´t remember what it was like before children!! 

Making a child is something that can be done within minutes (seconds?   ), raising one is something different to me. A gay couple (m/m of f/f) can be wonderful parents in my view and still the ´making of´ can be done traditional.... (or you go to THE bank..... )