I do think it's hard to be a mother and a worker as well, and I'm grateful I got to be at home with my child for a good part of my life and his - luck and circumstance and willingness to not have much money at the time. However, woman have the right to be both if they choose, and fathers should also have that choice to stay home whilst the wife works. I know many woman who wanted to work because it deeply fulfilled them, and their husband stayed at home to look after the children. Ideally, we'd have our children with us while we worked - how great would that be - but you're right, it's not that kind of world, and kudos to those who've managed it. 'Fulfilled worldly desires' can extend past having children, and include having children, and are possible whilst raising children too. And sometimes, it's not even a desire, but a necessity - woman HAVE to work, or thier child starves - and many, many woman don't have a choice about having children. A lot has to change in the world, doesn't it? Let's hope the rainbow children save it - they're pretty bloody brilliant!