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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are these #boymoms mostly SAHMs? I have some friends with three boys (and some with three girls), but they all work full-time, and I've never seen any of them label themselves that way.

I wonder if these women who do so are so wrapped up in their role as a parent that their whole identity gets wrapped around having boys, etc.

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Ok.  I am a working mom, but if you are raising three children, being a parent ought to be a pretty big part of your identity.

I actually think it’s more parents who are really big into social media though, rather than sahm vs wohm.  There are probably 8 women doing this, but they each have 1000 “friends.”  [/quote]

PP here.  You might be right re: heavy users of social media (although I'd imagine SAHMs are more likely to be heavy users of social media, although for sure there are some WOHMs who are heavy users too).[/quote]

PP again.  One other thing I don't love about such labels is the inherent gender role stereotyping.  [b]I mean, sure, there are some documented biological differences between males and females, but I feel like these modest differences get exaggerated by such labels.  [/b]Like, it leaves less space for boys who are not so rough and tumble, and it assumes that girls are more inactive, delicate, etc.
The ability to birth a child is a “modest” difference between men and women? The fact that men are on average 5 inches taller, meaning that men, generally, all taller than women is a stereotype that is generally true. Yes, there are women that are taller and men that are shorter, but scientifically speaking, men are usually taller than women but 5 inches. Athletics?  On 100 m, fastest man is almost a full second faster than fastest woman in 100 m (difference of 10%). At 1500m, the difference is a full 24 seconds. I’m all full equals rights, but there is no denying biology plays a very important role in how genders behave. 
I've never given it much thought before, but I think this is another thing that's a bit annoying about these labels.[/quote][/quote]

PP here, and I guess I should've been more clear.  The modest biological differences I was referencing are not physical, but have to do with the effects of biology on behavior (i.e., gender-related differences in temperament as influenced by hormones, etc.).  [/quote]

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