Response to Sara

The reading for this week was really interesting. Mink brings up excellent points about how welfare is both a class and race issue and that middle class feminist were not concerned with it because it is not a main threat to them. Women working in the home as caregivers is important as being the caregivers of other people's children. Sara and Carolyn both raise excellent points in their interpretations of Mink's article. The idea that childcare is in fact really expensive and these single mothers are working to pay others to care for their child when they can just stay home and do so is an issue. The fact that the jobs that are offered to these single mothers are low wage jobs they cannot afford to get out of poverty if they have to pay a great amount to childcare. The point that Carolyn brought up is really interesting and one that i didn't think of as far as welfare reform. I agree that welfare needs to be reformed but the idea that it could be optional for women to work but still have some sort of requirement method for welfare checks that deal with the home like classes on parenting or working from home are great ideas. This method is similar to what they do with people who receive unemployment checks. This article really uncovered how single mothers are being marginalized as a group and how welfare affects them directly and if it is an issue for so many women why is it not a main concern of feminists?