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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] Who gets to decide what activities do and don't matter? [/quote]

In many ways society is deciding and women are accepting it at the determent of their mental health. Many respondents describe the mental load you would associate with maintaining lifestyle standards. (This is not to say this is [i]every[/i] mental load grievance.) And it's understandable a wife expected to maintain the image and standards associated with a socioeconomic group (UMC) would be frustrating.

This is also a feature of the socioeconomic group to which she belongs: the wife is expected to maintain these standards. This is fine provided this does not bother the wife or neglect children. The wife sacrificing her mental health to meet class-defining superficialities is a problem. If you have to choose between mental health and maintaining the appearances of a socioeconomic group, you choose mental health. Failing to meet these "standards" is worth sanity.  
 
It's worth reminding: non-profit and peace corps parents in lower income brackets provide the love children need without maintaining UMC "standards". These standards are not a requirement for raising healthy loved children. 
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