Care-Focused Feminism

Tong's, Care-Focused Feminism, argues that women are only seen as caregivers and that in doing so often times they neglect themselves. She states that women as a group have more interdependent traits, whereas men as a group have much more independent traits. I believe that this is different for each individual person, based on how they were raised and other factors that shine through on a day to day basis. I do believe however that some women do take on too much and often lose sight of who they are as a person. They become just a caregiver rather than a mother, that works a full-time job as a teacher, accountant, nurse, etc. then comes home and takes care of her family, and still makes time to try to have a life of her own. From a young age, I do believe that girls are conditioned to want to be an ultimate caregiver. We are given baby-dolls to play with and care for, I am not saying that is the only reason why girls are dominant caregivers in most situations, but it does have an influence. Some women do forget to take care of themselves as they are wrapped up in doing things for others, it is a very selfless task being a caregiver. Women that can do it all I applaud you, because quite honestly I don't think I could even imagine balancing everything some women do of the course of a day. More power to you.