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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I already responded, but actually, what do you mean by “just wives and mothers”? Like they literally don’t do anything else? Or are you including people who volunteer, study, and have other skills but you just mean that they don’t earn active income?[/quote]

This question is misogynistic and upholds a toxic patriarchal idea that women must be martyrs and self sacrifice and lose themselves. Why can’t someone stay at home and take care of their children and themselves too. Why do women need to check every box not just a mom and wife box to be good enough as this question implies. And these responses are on occasion equally toxic. A woman who is a SAHP to elementary school children who, by the way, are not in school 5 days a week throughout the entire year and have mental, behavioral, and physical needs and needs and issues that require care - is entitled to be tired. How broken do you need to be to say someone isn’t allowed to express exhaustion. And I work full time and have little kids. There is so little compassion on here for others and ourselves. [/quote]

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