Ann Romney as a Representation of Women

     The news is abuzz with the "fight" between Hilary Rosen and Ann Romney. For those of you that for some reason have no idea what I am talking about, what happened was Hillary Rosen, a Democratic strategist, responded to a question by Anderson Cooper by saying that Ann Romney is unqualified to speak about issues affecting women because she "never worked a day in her life". This obviously sounds bad. Ann Romney quickly fired back that people should respect a mother's choice of if they wish to work or not and she along with many people from both sides of the isle quickly condemned Rosen.
     Hillary Rosen had an amazing point but she articulated it in the exact wrong way. What you have to understand is that Rosen was not attacking the choice to stay at home or that mothers are somehow lesser creatures, in fact she is a mom herself. What she was pointing out is that Ann Romney is not a representation of American women.
     I am not attacking Ann Romney as a person, she is probably a great mother and wife and she has struggled with Multiple Sclerosis. She is a strong woman but she can't be compared to rest of the women in the United States. Many women in America make the sacrifice to stay home and care for their children and their home instead of pursuing a career. They struggle and worry about making sure there is food on the table and that there is enough money to pay the bills. I respect that some women make that sacrifice. Ann Romney never had to worry about not being able to feed her children, if they have enough money to pay bills or if they have enough health coverage just in case someone got hurt or sick.
     Ann Romney is a different case. She was born to an affluent family (her father owns Jared Industries), then she married Mitt Romney a business man whose father was the president of American Motors Company and Governor of Michigan. The sheer amount of money she has backing her opens up many more opportunities for her that the average American woman could never have. There was no sacrifice in her becoming a stay at home mom; she had the luxury of not having worry about things enough to stay at home. That is what Hillary Rosen was trying to point out.
     When you own "a couple" of Cadillacs and your husband has enough disposable income to install a car elevator into your multi-level car garage, you are not worrying about putting food in your children's mouth. How many stay-at-home moms do you know that has what Ann Romney does?