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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]God, this this this:

The current configuration where women continue to be expected to be beautiful by misogynistic standards, sexually available at all times, do all the childrearing, all of the mental load of running a household, AND get a degree and work full time is NOT what feminism fought for or is about. It is a scam.[/quote]

Im personally over feminism. There is actually a “soft life”  movement happening and I find it refreshing. Its too much running around to have two working parents and raise kids. Your child literally needs to have a business now to be accepted into college so one parent needs to focus on the majority of child rearing [/quote]

The biggest risk of going backward, IMO, is that the nonearning spouse (often women) are very vulnerable if the marriage falls apart, or even within some marriages if the breadwinner controls the purse strings. [/quote]

That’s when the courts step in. Some women are making out huge in these divorce settlements. Wouldn’t be an issue if I divorce. My husband owes me.[/quote]

Rarely.  Alimony doesn't last forever, and it's challenging to start a career after being mommy-tracked for a decade or more.  It does seem like opting out altogether is the most rational choice for a woman.  Some of us are lucky enough to have high-paying jobs, so we can outsource a lot of things, but even still, we are typically carrying the mental load of hiring and managing help, and we work through pregnancies and breastfeeding, while our husbands can focus 100% on their careers.  Having children is still much harder on women in most family structures, and I understand opting out. [/quote]

Even in my case as a working but lower-earning spouse, I wouldn't get much support because the courts would say that I have an advanced degree and can support myself. But I have low earnings after mommy-tracking for years. [/quote]

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