A woman's place is in the home

This debate revolves around Pro trying to prove that at all times, all women should be at home, tending to "feminine duties" as my opponent put it. All the burden for Con (me) is to show that it would be better off for not all women to be at home at all times. Now, previously in my argument, I have already proven as to why I am right. My opponent, however, tries to refute this with his bias opinion and meager sources, which I will address presently. My opponent tries arguing that since women brought the idea of working into practice in the 1970's, there is a correlation between the high divorce rates, which also come about in the 1970's. This is an educated guess, at best, seeing as he has no stat to link the two. I can just as easily turn around and say that since we went to war in vietnam, women starting divorcing their husband; my opponent gives no stat to back up his claim of women starting careers at this time. Upon looking more closely at one of my opponents only sources, we can see that the "skyrocket" he refers to only consists of a small group of women; the stat goes from 15/1000 marriages ending in divorce in 1970 to around 22/1000 marriages ending in divorce in 1980. Not detrimental at all, and therefore not supporting my opponent's case. Pro then lists the problem that divorce causes for children and families, which I agree with. However, this only strengthen's my case, seeing as their is no link between divorce and women pursuing careers. Afterwards, he attacks my point that women not staying at home, who have more work experience, are more capable to handle the children after divorce by saying that it isn't feasible for a single mother to be able to afford childcare. This again comes without a statistic, and seeing as my opponent has been proven wrong before, we can all assume he is wrong again. Nonetheless, I will address this refutation. My opponent rules out the possibility of outside sources coming in to assist the mother: Grandmother's, girlfriends, new boyfriends, pretty much any relatives in general. Even without any of these, hiring a nanny or taking their kids to daycare is still an alternative to staying at home; all the while, they are making MUCH more then they would be making on welfare. Just look at the numbers that follow. 79.5% of single mothers work, 50% of those being full time [1]. Only 27% of custodial single mothers are living in poverty [1], showing that the majority of these women are above the poverty line and doing just fine by not staying at home and actually working. We can assume the majority of those 27% in poverty make up the 20.5% of single mothers who don't work and stay at home. My opponent's "source" and data in regards to children suffering as a result of mothers going out to work is skeptical at best. It is hard to even understand, and upon closer inspection, is a twist of the actual truth that the original article states. The article says, "The children of women who return to work shortly after giving birth are more likely to be slower developers..." meaning that it's not all children that are suffering, just one's who's mother's return to work shortly after giving birth, and I agree with my opponent that it's not right they do that; they should take a full month or longer off work to support that child, then return to work. Family and other close individuals to that mother can support her while she is off work. | Conclusion | This debate follows the criteria (for con) that not all women, all the time, should be at home. I have proven this through my statistics and by showing that my opponent has no case, because his sources are invalid and his thoughts extremely bias; he fails to actually back up his opinions with fact, or even logic. I, however, have shown that a woman staying at home has a negative impact on her and her kids. I would like to remind the reader once more that all my burden is is to prove that not ALL the time should ALL women stay at home, and I have done that without the slightest refutation from my opponent. I would like to thank Pro for starting this debate, and I thank the readers/judges for reading this debate. Thank you. Sources 1. http://singleparents.about.com...