Seccombe Ch.2- My position on the issue of Individualism

I agree with Seccombe in everything she was saying on Individualism as it relates to gender, poverty and welfare. The concept of Individualism, as Seccombe mentioned, is an excuse for our country as to why the poor stay poor. It is claimed that we all have equal opportunity but that is far from the truth. The way our society is structured advantages some people at the expense of disadvantaging the rest. I agree that gender plays an important part in the whole notion of Individualism. It is not fair/right to say that a woman who is on welfare with two children is in that position because they are lazy and unmotivated, because the truth has nothing to do with laziness and motivation, it has to do with the fact that the woman's first priority is to care for her children which is in itself a full-time job. I say this because it is known and Seccombe mentions it as well, that woman with dependent children make up the vast majority of those who are on welfare. These women do not have the time to work a paying full-time job or the ability to go to school full-time because taking care of the children is of the upmost importance. Anyone who would say that taking care of a child does not require that much time or that taking care of a child should take back seat to attend school and/or work, does not understand what it is like to be a single parent trying to take care of their children as successfully as possible. Childrearing is a full-time job and that needs to be understood by more people.