Part-time work for all

Press, 12 July 1980, Page 14

Part-time work for all

Sir, — Women have to be prepared to do what men do; they must commit themselves to the work, to training; they must play the system, says the Canadian High Commissioner. Why? Is this system so satisfactory that it. should be perpetuated? Mrs Johnson is reported as saying one in three Canadian marriages ends in divorce. Many women support children alone, families need two incomes, but the income of women is depressing. Women are asked to see themselves as self-support-ing, yet unemployment even for males is a serious problem. Uric Bronfenbrenner saw it as essential that we get off the kick of everyone working full time. Full parttime employment for everybody; three-quarter time so we can have a piece of our lives in which we can be human beings with each other. Bringing up children well is the most important work that anyone can do. We should pay the primary-care-giver, usually the mother. — Yours, etc., CAROL EGGLESTON. July 9, 1980.