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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For those of you who think being a stay at home mom is useless because you aren’t earning money and maybe not volunteering or doing much that is intellectual: what constitutes a “useful” life and why is that important? Can people with disabilities that prevent them from doing those things lead useful lives? [/quote]

Exactly, and apparently nannies and daycare workers are "useless" as well, since they are doing the same thing as a SAHM, except for the pay. [/quote]

No, it’s SAHMs of school-age kids who are pretty much useless. If you have young kids at home, that’s a lot of work. Often more work than an office job. [/quote]

Well again, what makes us useless, and what implications does that have for the broader question of what constitutes a “useful” human being? How utilitarian do people want to get here? Because I don’t think this goes down a pretty path.

Frankly I think that so many women have been indoctrinated by capitalist theory, especially as articulated by second-wave feminism. [/quote]

You’re completely right of course although it might be better to call it a stalled revolution. If we had quality part time job opportunities more moms of school aged kids would work. [/quote]

That’s true. I hope things are getting better in terms of those things. [/quote]

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