I've been thinking about this since I posted it, and I think to me the important part is: I think it's a basic good for a women not to marry until they have some kind of competitive education for their area and some measure of financial independence. (I certainly don't think being an unwed teenage mother is better, if you've got no familial support - but if you've got familial support, is it really best to expect those two kids to go keep house / get a job? At this point I am pretty ignorant about what that experience is like, so the question is genuine.)

But anyway, I figured out that the corollary is that I think that this "from your father's household to your husband's" model is a basic bad that stems from some historical expectation that if you've not got a dude to protect you you will be subject to violence and disrespect and have no recourse. And from there my inner Margaret Atwood starts wondering what people who are committed to this model really think the future should look like for people like me.

So basically I've gotten from one family finding a solution to an unexpected event that suits them to OMG HANDMAID'S TALE. I really do hope Bristol Palin is happy and that it works out for their family.

Governor Palin has not been supportive of subsidized daycare or programs that support teen mothers. So. That's straight-forward.