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The Muftic Forum is an outlet for sharing thoughts about politics in America. Felicia Muftic , the editor, is a columnist with the Sky Hi Daily News, Grand County, Colorado. The Muftic Forum Blog, The Muftic Forum Facebook page, and The Muftic Forum Twitter site are all companions of sites of the Muftic Forum. The blog site is now serving as the archive for more recent columns.

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The current controversy regarding which candidate for president has the greatest understanding of the women's votes, go to the blog in April 2012. A personal note based on my own experiences is there in full. However, here is an excerpt:

There was a time in my career where I was fired for being pregnant. It was in the early 1960’s. I had set out to be a “career woman”, working in public relations in media and Wall Street, but I found that at that point, it was no option. I had no choice. When I graduated from college in 1960, I was the oddball, a woman who wanted to work for the joy of feeling that I was a whole human being, educated and able. In those days of lower living costs, and married to a physician, I became a professional volunteer. Even then, we could afford “help”. I did not work full time until all three children were in school.

I had watched my mother married to my telephone company executive father who was a stay at home mom, who also had “help”. My brother was handicapped and even if she had wanted to work, she could not, in any case. It was not until his medical bills (pre Medicaid) overwhelmed salary and savings that she went to work, and she was in her ‘50’s . She had no choice.

On the other hand, I do have cousins in the military who raised their family on military officer’s pay and she homeschooled her brood of six children, a choice for which I have nothing but respect. I would not have had the patience, and I fault myself for that.

Where all are missing the point is that women should have the choice and be respected for it if they want to work or must work or if they want to stay home. Reality is that it also means women must be able to control their reproductive lives and when they enter the workforce, get paid fairly. From that standpoint, Obama gets it. Romney does not."

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