Mostly Harmless

Im no feminist but this article I read in Salon set me thinking about some of the concerns of modern day feminism.
On one hand are the liberal (or "choice") feminists who think that the choice of women should be respected even if it is to abandon her career for the sake of home and children if it is "her" choice. It allows them the freedom of combining career and family.
And on the other is the extreme wing which thinks that the women who forego their career for the family life should be rebuked. According to them the above choice is clearly wrong and women should be denied the right to take that option. In support of their radical proposal -

1. Doing household work and taking care of children is a not enough work to challenge her capacity in terms of thought and energy.
2. Foregoing their careers and chosing family life is always the easier option for them than building their own road and that acts as a bait to deviate them from the "right" path.

To me it struck as strange that the feminists who are themselves demanding equal rights for women should curtail their right to combine family with career. Thats contradicting their very existence isnt it?
No wonder all my attempts to understand the female psyche have proved futile.

On the other end of the spectrum is one friend of mine who thinks that no intellectually stimulating reason can be found for the existence of women. Half of them are created to be fucked and the other half brutally fucked.
I think he is right too.