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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=TheManWithAUsername]I don't get the point. Women have it worse than men? Duh.

I think I would have started with physical weakness, bleeding genitals, hormonal fluctuations, and the burdens of pregnancy and breastfeeding.
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To the people who think it's sad that some SAHMs think they're lucky...Jesus - could you be more bigoted?[/b][/quote]

I wouldn't say bigoted, as in intolerant, but I would certainly say that for many SAHMs on DCUM, the decision to SAH came about because they were unable to find a way to negotiate a working situation that accommodated young children. It was difficult to secure part-time work or to transition back to the office as if nothing had changed. They are now utterly financial dependent upon their partners, who hopefully, but may not always have their best interests in mind. They have given up the promise of education, both college and graduate, from some of the most selective schools in the country and given up a decade or more of professional experience to be at home with young children, cook, and clean.

I'm not saying that being at home with kids isn't deeply satisfying, but I would hardly describe the process as "lucky." Lucky, perhaps, to be married--at the moment--to someone who can support such a lifestyle, but certainly not fortunate to have to give so much up, including one's independence and one's identity outside the home. [/quote]

what a sad outlook.  Most SAHMs I know (actually, all) are doing it by choice, sacrificing less money because they get much more enriched from spending time with their children during these formative years. [/quote]

This sounds like something out of a textbook and I can't take it seriously. Life, and people, are complex. I stayed home for five years and my SAHM friends and I all talked about how nice it would be to do something more flexible and PT for a while. I knew no one who just gave up their career and never looked back. And that's not sad, that is life, just like when I returned to work there were moments of looking back. That's perfectly normal, and very things in life are so black and white. For my circle it wasn't as simple and cliche as you lay out, at all. And there is a reason many women go back to work at some point. They often WANT to.[/quote]

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