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How silly. True feminism is when women have the CHOICE to work or not work and can choose what is best for them without feeling societal pressures one way or the other. Get with the times. I have done both and now choose not to work and I am liberal and educated. [/quote]

+1000. Feminism is about giving women the choice to do what they want with their lives. There's a significant difference between telling a woman she must stay at home versus pursue a career and allowing her to make the choice as she sees fit.[/quote]

No, it's not.

https://femmagazine.com/feminism-101-what-is-choice-feminism/

Additionally, it’s important to note that even if this form of the feminist movement was more inclusive, it still misidentifies the most central goal of the movement itself. The choice rhetoric only serves to distract from pursuing equality and justifies internalized misogyny. Just because there is not a singular, unified vision of what equality is, does not mean it should be rebranded as the ability to choose between mundane activities within a given power structure.

It’s this hyperfixation on the choices of individual women that derails choice feminism from the entirety of the movement. Feminism is first and foremost about gender equality, so how can this ideology really fit, if it misses the main point?
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Oh take this nonsense elsewhere. I don’t think anyone cares what you think about whether they work or don’t work. I’m a liberal but if you want to say I’m not a liberal or feminist because I don’t work go ahead. I made a lot of money in the stock market in my 20s and 30s which allows me to not work and because I made a lot of money I’m also independent financially which technically makes me the “breadwinner” of the house even though I don’t report to an office. Take your nonsense elsewhere.[/quote]

You don't get it, do you? "Choice" feminism applies primarily to wealthy women--which in DC often means white, as well, bc race and class are highly correlated--and excludes the vast majority of women who cannot afford to stay at home, with or without a nanny. You are a feminist if you support gender equality, and I'm sure you do, but please do not define feminism as primarily about choice and free will. BTW, a lot of women I know who decided to SAH after kids decided to do so because their husbands worked such long hours or had to travel that SAH made life easier for their families. Both parents couldn't have intense careers and so the woman--and 95% of the time, it is the woman--leaves the workplace to focus on her kids and supporting herself. And while you may be independently wealth, the majority of SAHMs give up independent income, retirement savings, and the ability to re-enter the marketplace at the same level as women who worked continuously.[/quote]

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