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[quote=Anonymous]The article overestimates how much work men do, and underestimates what women do.  Not all DHs are created equally. Some men help a lot, some barely lift a finger. Some men are more appreciative of their wives, so the wives feel good even if they aren't paid. Other men don't appreciate their wives.  Some men give their wives however much money they want, some men give their wives an "allowance".  I think SAHMs should get paid.  If you have to go back to work after a long gap, you don't have the years of experience your DH has accrued to put on your resume. You don't have the same salary you used to and probably have to start back at entry level.

Take any wild animal that gives birth. She can still eat for free. Human females can't.

If all it took for Iceland women to get equal pay is to go on strike for one day, why don't we do that in the US? Except that doesn't solve the problem of SAHMs taking a hit to their careers. Stay at home mom is a bad name for it anyway. It should be more like "unpaid caregiver".[/quote]

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