Welcome to SheKos! SheKos is a diary series where both female and male Kossacks raise topics related to feminism, women's issues and causes related to improving women's lives. The Democratic Party has made some hefty promises to women, and we're here to help remind them of that.
Here's a snarky little story I like to tell about my snarky wife.
Back when Mrs. Droogie was pregnant with Droogie Jr., (who back then was known was "Bun" because we didn't know whether he'd be a boy or a girl) I returned home from work one day to find my wife stirring up a big pot of something.
She looked at me and said, "Hey, what am I?"
Perplexed, I stammered a bit and took a stab: "Uhh... my wife?"
She gestured toward her feet, which were bare, smiled and said, "I'm barefoot and pregnant, in the kitchen cooking you dinner."
I bring this up to make the point that while we might joke about the kind of sexism that likes to tell women what their "place" is, it wasn't a joke for those who came before us. Our parents -- our moms -- lived their lives with so many limits.
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