Politically correct or lying?

A big fight has broken out between women in the US causing men to duck for cover. Speaking of Mitt Romney a Democrat consultant Hilary Rosen said," His wife has actually never worked in her life. She's never really dealt with the kinds of economic issues that a majority of women in this country are facing." This statement has caused a storm of outrage with Republicans taking the opportunity to laud housework and child rearing as very important work. Some have pointed out that the Ann Romney has suffered from breast cancer and multiple sclerosis. We sympathise with Ms Romney for her illnesses but that is nothing to do with the issue. Ann Romney said on Twitter," I made a choice to stay home and raise five boys. Believe me it was hard work." Perhaps it was but it is not the same as holding down a job where you have to meet deadlines, satisfy a boss and get along with colleagues. At home you are the mistress, you make your own timetable and do not have to commute through heavy traffic to your place of work. Also if your husband is earning so much that you do not need to hold a job, even with 5 boys, then you are very different from the vast majority of women who have no such option. And, if your husband was on his way to amassing a $250 million fortune based in Cayman Islands chances are that you had a choice of au pairs, nannies and servants and had to work very hard to keep them all busy. Even President Obama distanced himself from Ms Rosen who said," I apologize to Ann Romney and anyone else who was offended. Let's declare peace in this phony war and go back to focus on substance." Phony indeed. Romney has dismal poll ratings among women, especially those with college degrees, and Republicans will clutch at any straw to gain a few points. Here in India another war of political correctness is raging over a commercial regarding a product called Clean and Dry Intimate Wash which is to private parts what Fair and Lovely is to your face. Apparently the commercial shows a woman's husband becoming more enamored after she uses the product. Women are incensed at what they see as glorifying fair skin and have taken to trashing the commercial in droves. Firstly, companies marketing skin whitening products are making huge profits only because women buy them. Secondly, Indian women have no idea how lucky they are. While all they have to worry about is their dusky skin white women, having no such option, resort to risky, often dangerous, procedures to augment their beauty. Botox injections, breast augmentation, facial nip and tuck, liposuction and butt lift are just some of the tortures they undergo just to stay a step ahead in the race. Joan Rivers, in spite of being rich and famous, had more than 700 plastic surgeries done to her. The health scare with PIP breast implants, where the company used industrial grade silicone, is still ongoing. So instead of being politically correct Indian women should just switch off the light. Easy.