Is there ANYONE looking out for homemakers/ stay at home moms?

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Treating childcare and housework as free labor is what’s wrong but today’s society can’t see that. Its not any different than racists not seeing themselves as racists.

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Hate to burst everyone's bubble, but I think the current inflationary pressures are going to make this issue hard to address in the near-term. In fact, we should all expect an uptick in the unemployment rate to come soon that will likely disproportionately impact SAHMs who temporarily left the labor market for their work as mothers.

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Anonymous wrote:Treating parenting like something that belongs in the traditional labor economy is a recipe for disaster. It's funny that people in this thread want their labor to be treated as such and are also screeching calling everyone else uber capitalists. Yikes...

There’s plenty of other ways to address this….like universal health care, homemaker tax credits for social security, universal child allowance etc. or we could work for better part time jobs with benefits, so more families can have real choices.

Or you can fill out your bingo card.

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Anonymous wrote:What kind of support? Like UBI? Universal healthcare? Tax breaks?

Just similar rights as others? For starters long due respect and acknowledgment of their historic contributions to this country.

This^.

Feminists and corporate careerist women are often the ones denigrating SAHM's and shaming other women for their choices.

Says the person who loves it when the GOP demonizes "welfare queens" - single mothers staying home to raise their children.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m surprised no one ever stood up for this group and would love to see politicians advocating for it on local and National level.

Conservatives like it in theory. But only if families themselves pay for it.

Don't expect a handout, SAHMs.

Conservative here. I agree. Never wanted a handout, just wanted other women to stop telling me I was wasting my life.

How often does that happen? How many times has it happened in the last month?

And do you tell them to stop?

Also while we're at it, let's stop denigrating mothers who work paid jobs as "not raising their children."

Women and men should follow the past best for them and their families.

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Anonymous wrote:Is there any party, lobby or an individual politician advocating for people who work without titles and compensations? Its been a traditional role serving nation’s most important units known as families, nation’s most important asset known as minor citizens and nation’s most important buildings known as homes. They fill so many voids in the society but get no recognition, no compensation or no one protecting this endangered species. Isn’t it about time for them to stand up for their rights and for others to acknowledge and support it?

It shows privilege to suggest your family can get by on one income.

That is the point. This shouldn’t be a privilege but a choice within every family’s grasp.

Basically it means lobbying for higher wages - not just for the CEOs but for the rank and file. Close the wage gap.

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Anonymous wrote:Treating childcare and housework as free labor is what’s wrong but today’s society can’t see that. Its not any different than racists not seeing themselves as racists.

+1

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What kind of support? Like UBI? Universal healthcare? Tax breaks?

Just similar rights as others? For starters long due respect and acknowledgment of their historic contributions to this country.

This^.

Feminists and corporate careerist women are often the ones denigrating SAHM's and shaming other women for their choices.

Says the person who loves it when the GOP demonizes "welfare queens" - single mothers staying home to raise their children.

Stop conflating categories to try to make a "point". The outcomes for children from single parent families are well documented.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What kind of support? Like UBI? Universal healthcare? Tax breaks?

Just similar rights as others? For starters long due respect and acknowledgment of their historic contributions to this country.

This^.

Feminists and corporate careerist women are often the ones denigrating SAHM's and shaming other women for their choices.

Says the person who loves it when the GOP demonizes "welfare queens" - single mothers staying home to raise their children.

Stop conflating categories to try to make a "point". The outcomes for children from single parent families are well documented.

Dp- low income single parents is more the issue. Low income parenting in general is hard enough.

It comes down to resources.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is there any party, lobby or an individual politician advocating for people who work without titles and compensations? Its been a traditional role serving nation’s most important units known as families, nation’s most important asset known as minor citizens and nation’s most important buildings known as homes. They fill so many voids in the society but get no recognition, no compensation or no one protecting this endangered species. Isn’t it about time for them to stand up for their rights and for others to acknowledge and support it?

What specifically do they need that they aren’t getting?

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Anonymous wrote:What kind of support? Like UBI? Universal healthcare? Tax breaks?

Just similar rights as others? For starters long due respect and acknowledgment of their historic contributions to this country.

This^.

This is absurd. You already get this from your family and community. If not, they are jerks.

Exactly, wtf is respect and acknowledgment? From the whom? Your friends and families should do that and if they don’t, that’s on you for picking bad friends or bad spouse.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well for a long time we have had a shortage of quality, affordable day care. Instead of pumping hundreds of millions of dollars to have day care centers care for children, why not subsidize families who have a parent who would like to care for their own children. Ensures a higher quality of care in most cases, also shores up the family stability which is good for everyone.

We do subsidize families - it’s called the earned income tax credit. Someone in that household needs to work and then they can get this. you know nothing.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m surprised no one ever stood up for this group and would love to see politicians advocating for it on local and National level.

Conservatives like it in theory. But only if families themselves pay for it.

Don't expect a handout, SAHMs.

Conservative here. I agree. Never wanted a handout, just wanted other women to stop telling me I was wasting my life.

You need to stop caring what those women think of you. I am probably one of them and I sure don’t care what you think of me.

[Anonymous]

Shocking that a demographic (SAHM) that is overwhelmingly wealthy and privileged is on here whining for recognition and financial enrichment when we are facing a potential 3rd WW, possible nuclear attack, rising inflation, skyrocketing gas prices and more. This is just pathetic.

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Anonymous wrote:Is there any party, lobby or an individual politician advocating for people who work without titles and compensations? Its been a traditional role serving nation’s most important units known as families, nation’s most important asset known as minor citizens and nation’s most important buildings known as homes. They fill so many voids in the society but get no recognition, no compensation or no one protecting this endangered species. Isn’t it about time for them to stand up for their rights and for others to acknowledge and support it?

You won’t get support for this. It’s assumed all SAH moms are rich and privileged.

My wife is a SAHM, despite being a Smith grad with a law degree. Wow, I feel great about myself now.

I'm a SAHM. I did it because my child was very sick, and now I'm unemployable (20 years out of the work force will do that to you).

DCUM is very nasty to SAHMs. Very.

I wish we had an organization. We work hard for no pay. My DH is great, but I know a few men who are controlling, ie "I make the money, so I decide...."

The only reason WOMEN (mostly) have to SAH is because the work structure is set up for the separation of home and workplace, e.g. we still have the Industrial Revolution model. We have not come very far in terms of equity for women and men in terms of childcare and work in more than 150 years. It's pretty appalling. Women who are successful succeed within the existing male-dominated and male-created structure. But women have not demanded that the structure change. I hope that's one good thing that comes out of the pandemic. When jobs are remote, men and women can share child care equally. The man doesn't have to run off to the workplace, nor does the woman, leaving the nanny or childcare to take care of the kids. And part-time careers are rare. Why can't men and women share jobs? The idea that if you work only part-time you are less productive is an artificial construct, as is the 40 hour work week. There's an easy way to measure productivity while everyone's on their computer, but this calculation has not been made. And now, there's this antique push to send all those Federal workers back to the office, as if commuting and sitting in front of your computer dressed in work clothes is better than sitting in front of your computer at home, going to Zoom meetings in pajama bottoms and dress shirts.

Some jobs literally cannot be completed from home, many of them, in fact. But for those that could successfully during the pandemic, many workplaces are considering hybrid models, which is great. A silver lining outcome of the pandemic could be greater flexibility with regard to schedules and telework for some workplaces. But that doesn't solve the problems SAHPs getting back into the work place. This would require a huge culture shift.