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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The irony is that the same people who are demanding maternity/paternity leave for a year are the same people who crap on SAHMs. Like it’s important but not THAT important. [/quote]

I agree but I also don't like it when people are like "you don't need paid leave, just become a SAHM." And I say this as someone who did, in fact, become a SAHM when my childcare options were crap and my employer would not agree to extending my leave (even unpaid! I wasn't even asking for money, just time).

I would have liked the option of keeping my job without having to send my infant to a questionable childcare setting that I wasn't comfortable with and that was statistically more likely to cause behavioral issues later on.

But I also think women need to stop judging other women for become SAHMs, whether on a short or long term basis. The perception of all SAHMs a privileged and lazy is both misogynist and hyper-capitalist -- totally disregarding the unpaid labor done primarily by women with children and in homes as though it doesn't count and is not a worthwhile way to spend your time.[/quote]

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