Homeward bound: "choice feminism" claims that staying home with the kids is just one more feminist option. Funny that most men rarely make the same "choice." Exactly what kind of choice is that?

I. THE TRUTH ABOUT ELITE WOMEN

THE WEALTHIEST, MOST-PRIVILEGED, best-educated females in the country stay home with their babies rather than work in the market economy. When in September The New York Times featured an article exploring a piece of this story, "Many Women at Elite Colleges Set Career Path to Motherhood" the blogosphere went ballistic, countering with anecdotes and sarcasm. Slate's Jack Shafer accused the Times of "weasel-words" and of publishing the same story--essentially, "The Opt-Out Revolution'--every few years, and, recently, every ...

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