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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Isn't it possible that after a generation or two of two-income households, people are placing more importance on having a parent stay home with their kids?  And yes, there is a natural and biological proclivity for that stay at home parent to be the woman.  You can argue whether that is right or wrong, but the data support that conclusion.

Why is it considered "equality in retreat" if a woman wants to stay home with her kids?  My wife was raised by a single professional woman and had a successful professional career herself.  And now she is out of the workforce, as a stay at home parent.  That hardly puts her in retreat or gender inequality.[/quote]

The issue with that is that most men don't make enough to support a SAHM.

I also have yet to see a SAHM/ working man relationship that was equal. The SAHM's DH is let off from doing anything. DH and I both work and my DH does 10x more than the husbands of the SAHMs I know and they're bitter about it. The men think that just because they work, they shouldn't do anything at home, which I think gives children the wrong message. [/quote]

Gross generalizations based on your own experiences.  In my community of friends, there are plenty of single income families and stay home parents.  Many of them function well, and yes, some of them not so much.  This tangent has nothing to do with the conclusions in the study that the OP presented or in my position that the data supports an entirely different premise, that women leaving the workforce to do something else is not necessarily oppressive.  If you want to make this a debate about working moms and horrible husbands, well, that gets a little tiring.
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Generalizations aside, if SAHM she knows are bitter about doing the majority of work at home they are lazy entitled wives. They should stop complaining and go to work in that case. [/quote]

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