Do the existence of SAHM impede professional women?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As a mother from Sweden, this whole thread shocks me. Your whole mindset of motherhood and working seems so complicated and fraught, mostly do to the fact that motherhood and womanhood don’t seem to be values in your society... it must be very very difficult for you.

America has a toxic combination of modern feminism and corporate worship.

In Scandinavia, companies are actually pretty loathe to hire women of childbearing age because there's a good chance they'll be gone for a long time for paid maternity leave. It might not be openly spoken about, but it's very true.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:SAHM don't impede professional women.

Own your career, ask for raises, get mentors/advocates, switch jobs if you aren't being paid what you are worth,

With that being said there is no excuse to not work 40 hours a week. Explore part-time if you are the default parent and can't put in 40 hours a week.

The whole trend of putting in more than 40 hours a week is another issue. People should quit or demand more pay in those situations instead people accept it as part of the rat race and everyone loses out except for upper management.

Agree! Have you calculated you post-tax income for working that extra 50, 60 70 hours a week in a big, fat, overtaxed bonus where you didn't even see your wife and kids most of the week and weekends. Oh, lemme guess, "you can't help it". Riiight.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would say the existence of professional women impedes SAHM more than the other way around

You mean how it ups the cost of living for everyone and drags women who wouldn’t be in the workplace in, so said woman can turn around and have to pay another woman for childcare?

yeah something like that. Salaries stagnate due to increased labor.

[Anonymous]

lol as if "professional women" are somehow more important to society than mothers

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:lol as if "professional women" are somehow more important to society than mothers

Most professional women are mothers and vice versa. Mind blown, I know.