Because bureaucracy is the best sugar daddy around. At least, this is the tactic conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly thinks unmarried women are taking (emphasis mine):
Conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly took aim at "unmarried women" at a recent fundraiser and in an interview with TPM, saying that they overwhelmingly support President Obama and are all on welfare. Democrats aim to exploit the comments to pressure the more than 60 Republican candidates who have earned Schlafly's endorsement.
"Unmarried women, 70% of unmarried women, voted for Obama, and this is because when you kick your husband out, you've got to have big brother government to be your provider," said Schlafly, president of Eagle Forum and infamous for her opposition to the Equal Rights Amendment.
A liberal organization recorded the Schlafly comments at a Troy, Michigan fundraiser Saturday for a Republican congressional candidate, the Detroit Free Press reported. In an interview with TPM this afternoon Schlafly stood by her comments and said Obama is trying to boost welfare rolls to help with his reelection and to help Democrats.
"Yes I said that. It's true, too. All welfare goes to unmarried moms," Schlafly told TPM. "They are trying to line up their constituency for Obama and Democrats against Republican candidates."
...My brain just exploded from all the stupid. Let's go through this step by step, since hearing those quotes has eroded my ability to form more complex paragraph structure.
1. Not all unmarried women are the result of women kicking their husbands out. Some husbands may have left on their own accord. Or, you know, there's that option where a woman never had a husband to begin with, but that would probably just blow Schlafly's mind. Have to take it slowly when we're dealing with the type of conservatives who go into shock every time a woman leaves the kitchen for a reason other than bringing her man a martini.
2. Regardless of the reason the woman is single, that does not mean a woman needs a provider. Seriously, did we hop in a time machine to the 1950s or something? Can someone let Schlafly know we're in the year 2010, where women are actually allowed to be educated and have careers? Apparently I'm doing something wrong because I haven't settled down yet. Well, I'm sure I do a lot of things wrong if we're using her standards.
3. The idea that all welfare goes to unmarried moms is simply false. Anyone ever hear of Social Security? Medicare? Unemployment benefits? This isn't a failure to fact check, it's either willful obliviousness or purposeful deception. You can guess which one I think is more likely.
4. Notice how she interchangeably uses "unmarried women" and "unmarried moms"? You mean women can actually not reproduce?! Inconceivable! Put those baby makers to use, like God intended! But don't expect any help from the government. That's just ludicrous.



