Employed Women Vs. Homemakers
Wendy Leece’s letter (July 9) gave me the chills--not because Mrs. Leece has chosen the life style of a full-time homemaker but because she and her 200 friends who “have no intention of working outside the home” appear to be ignoring the reality that at some time most of them will be forced by necessity to contribute to their own support and that of their families.
Statistics tell us that a majority of those women, due either to divorce or the death or disability of their spouses, will need to become financially productive.
Working women do not cause broken marriages, as Leece implies. Homemakers with no marketable skills are often the victims of broken marriages.
Living “simply” probably means that Leece will be ill-prepared when the “breadwinner” can no longer provide the bread.
I urge Leece and her 200 friends to get trained and get ready or they will become displaced homemakers struggling to survive.
LINDA S. MOON
Huntington Beach
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