"'I don't think we can ignore the fact that for thousands of years women have been the primary caregivers in the home, a fact largely caused by our intrinsic nature as nurturers.' I don't think that is a fact. I was lucky, my Dad was my primary caregiver for a long time and he was simply tremendous at it. I grew up knowing men as nurturers. If I had a shot at the vice presidency, my husband would quit his job to raise the kids -- and ditto me if he had a shot like that. To me, that's partnership." Thank you, damomma. Labelling women as "intrinsically nurturing" is dangerously essentialist, and such sentiments only work against feminism, and thus human equality more generally.