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http://feministing.com/2015/05/07/choice-feminism-time-to-choose-another-argument/

When we valorize these women’s choices as entirely their own and inherently feminist, we stop asking why women make them and why there are large visible trends in income, occupational stratification and segmentation, and the “work/family balance” issue. Put simply, these women’s “choices” were not entirely theirs.[/quote]

You're exactly what OP was talking about, and you're part of the problem. Some women have a really strong desire to be their children's main caretaker when they're babies and toddlers. It is a totally valid way to feel. If you don't share that feeling, then that's fine, but that's doesn't mean it's some cultural construction.[/quote]

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I adore being home with my young kids. I think the issue I have is facing the presumption that just because I want to SAH for five or ten or more years, the rest of my life i can’t contribute in other ways to society. I worked for 10+ years before having my first and I hope to go back to work before I’m 45 - when I will have 20-25 more years left of working. I think it’s more than fair that my career won’t be the same as someone who never left the workforce, but I can’t stand when people act like I’ve completely sacrificed my working life if from age 21-70 I spend ten years at home with my kids.[/quote]

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