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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Its mostly a WASP phenomenon. No one talks about it but the angry young White woman is a real thing. [/quote]

Why do you think that is? [/quote]

My guess is that it is partly a corollary of what White men are facing.  Read "Dying of Whiteness".

They are entitled because that is how they are socialized but suddenly they see that  life is not serving up to them what they think everyone else is getting. In comparison, most other races and cultures in USA have already factored in their disadvantages of being non-WASP. So their world view and life strategy already compensates for all of that.  When White women see how advantageous it is that "others" are getting what is their due (McMansions in good school districts, Grandparents helping with childcare, DH helping at home, DH making a lot of money, kids going to private schools-magnets, vacations abroad, kids excelling, mostly intact families, outsourcing chores...)  there is a sense of anger and being played.

Similarly, they are realizing that being in the workplace is skewed against working moms - unequal pay, inflexible work day, school closing, lack of good childcare, remote learning etc,  and when they see any non-WASPs doing better they are angry.

Non-WASPs have their own struggles but they are very aware of the inequality and they, their families and communities band together to minimize that.  So the younger and older women are dependent on each other and try to get along.

In reality, the America of many decades ago has disappeared. Being college educated does not get you a MC or UMC life. Especially if you are in a place like DMV.  The individualistic culture of WASP families have left these women alone to juggle work, child rearing, housework etc because previous generations were able to do it much easily because of higher HHI, schools providing education and childcare and women not being in the workforce in such large numbers.  Now they feel slammed.

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