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POSTED ON TAP ONLINE: FIGHTING APART FOR TIME TOGETHER. As part of our special report on work/family issues, Mother Load, Courtney E. Martin writes about the growing influence of mother's advocacy groups like MomsRising and Mothers Movement Online -- and wonders why they're only organizing parents of one gender.
They've launched a "ceasefire on the mommy wars," hoping to convince mainstream media to stop rehashing the same sensationalistic stories about workplace catfights and start talking about the pathetic dearth of work/family policy in this country. But when I asked this group why the movement was comfortable with a name that cut out half the population of parents, they essentially responded that this kind of advocacy work has always and continues to be done by women, and that men are welcome to join.But are men really going to join a revolution that doesn't have their name on it? And furthermore, isn't framing the movement in terms of mothers a tyranny of low expectations?Read the whole thing here. And be sure to check out the rest of the Mother Load package.--The Editors
