A woman's place is in the home

I will argue that a women's place is NOT solely in the home, but a variety of places. I would like to start by pointing out that the resolution state's a woman's place, not a married woman, but any woman, whether divorced, widowed, or single. 1. Marriages end in divorce Around 50% of marriages these days are ending in divorce (1). This is a huge problem because women who would take care of the kids while the husband was out working now suddenly found themselves in their late 30's and unable to get anything but an entry level job; all those years of not working and staying at home has certainly been a negative thing. If they obtained custody of the kids, they suddenly have a huge problem. Obtaining custody of the kids is very common for the woman in the marriage; 70% of all child custody cases end with the mom getting full custody of the kids (2). Then she is left with a serious problem, seeing as she followed your mantra her whole life and now has NO experience in the workplace. "A single mom is nine times more likely than a married woman to have an income that is less than half the official poverty line. " (3) How will she raise these kids while being under the poverty line? More importantly, how would she do it by simply staying at home, which is what my opponent argues all females should do. If the woman would have been working in a joint effort with the man, or even holding a smaller job than the man, then it wouldn't turn out so bad, and those kids wouldn't turn out so poor. My opponent argues that mass unemployment has hit even those who are skilled in certain areas. .. .how does the reader believe this mother of two or three is going to get a job if even the people with more experience then her can't obtain one; this ruins families, which is why many women are starting to stray from the "stay at home" lifestyle. My opponent tries to state, right after his statement about unemployment, that there are plenty of jobs for single women; this isn't so, as I have proven. However, if they start out by getting a higher education (unable to be obtained through the resolution) or by simply working at a younger age through the years, this poverty would be extremely mitigated and these households better off; disagreeing with this statement can be classified simply as biased at this point. Pro's Argument My opponent's opening statistic should be completely ruled out for multiple reasons: it's a study solely in Britain for one, and my opponent already referenced U. S. concerns of unemployment, making this a United States centered debate, as we all already knew. Also, although at this point the stat is already useless to my opponent, the study states that the number of people believing that a women in full time employment would not harm a family went from 51% for men and 50% for women to 42% in men and 46% in women. In other words, not a drastic drop at all. ". .. abandon their feminine duties. .. their families have suffered as a result. .. " This is completely opinionated and should be ruled off, for my opponent doesn't give any reason to state why/how these families are suffering, or any document that had a list of feminine duties. My opponent ends his argument by saying that they shouldn't trouble themselves with any notions of starting a career. This will lead to exactly what I stated earlier; impoverished families with poor mom's trying to take care of the kids. All in all, every angle the reader takes at this points to women needing to get out of the home and either get a higher education or a career or even a smaller job then the husband, as to prepare for the outcome of divorce, which strikes half of all families in the U. S. Thank you Sources 1. . http://www.infoplease.com... 2. . http://www.divorce-lawyer-source.com... 3. . http://divorce.lovetoknow.com...