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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This question is designed to foment a mom vs mom discussion. Both WOHM and SAHM can and should be working together to dismantle patriarchy. Patriarchy has conned us into thinking that we should feel defensive about our individual choices. But even if we debate and defend our choices ad nauseam, we will still be paid less at work and undervalued in our homes.
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Pretty sure it wasn't the "Patriarchy" that sent men off to fight wars. The idea of men as oppressors is so absurd. Just because you look back on those times in today's context and view it that way doesn't make it so. I don't think your grandma's grandma thought all men were out to keep her down! "Oh, if only they would LET me earn the money and go off to work 8 hours a day!..."
The division of labor scenario that most men and women had in marriages prior to the 1960s was simply a mutual arrangement that worked FOR ALL OF US...drawbacks and benefits to both sexes. 
Until the advent of the birth control pill in the early 60s, we literally had not control over our reproductive cycles so were basically UNABLE to make choices about when we would have children and how many (after deciding to have sex, that is!) So the idea of women making an equal contribution to the workforce was just not workable in any rational way. I actually wonder if one of the great cons of our time has been to convince women that the men had it so amazing that we should want to do what they were doing! Well done, men![/quote]

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