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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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?[/quote]

In short, no. Remember when Hillary bragged that she decided not to stay home and bake cookies?[/quote]

When I see threads going this way, I wonder how old the PPs are.  You have to consider history and context.  Hillary Clinton was part of a generation in which women were discouraged from pursuing careers.  When they did forge ahead, they faced discrimination and barriers that prevented them from equal pay etc.  For them, staying at home amounted to defeat, giving up.  They are proud of their grit and perseverance.

We are now working toward more encompassing views of roles for women, and, I hope, parents.  The pendulum is swinging back, so to speak, so that being a SAHP is viewed more as a choice for your family rather than bowing to the patriarchy. But we aren't all the way there.  This discussion really needs to encompass men, as well, and we need to stop the focus of childcare always being about only mothers.  We can work to persuade older women to soften their views about roles for women, but to just dismiss them ignores their experiences, their contributions and their toughness.[/quote]

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