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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is interesting!  Noticed on the BBC site this AM that the latest trend out of Sweden is for employed women to abandon careers to become what the Swedish call  'Soft girls.'  This is the artical:

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0j1wwypygxo

At first I was kinda horrified; NGL. But maybe this could be overall good?  Im intrigued.[/quote]
I would also be happy to quit my job if my jobs were: "grocery store, a care home and a factory", per the article.

Thankfully, I work in tech and get paid well.  I don't want to quit my job.[/quote]

That's the part we're not supposed to say out loud. A lot of these women just don't have great options to begin with. [/quote]

Did y’all know that in Sweden every single one of those jobs you listed pays a living wage?

Wonder what your plan is when your tech job goes away in the next decade…[/quote]

A living wage isn't necessarily a good wage, and the jobs listed aren't stimulating. I'd be far more inclined to want to stay home if I was making a living wage working in a factory than if I was making a good wage running a business or practicing medicine. [/quote]

Bingo.

What equality has done in Scandinavia is pushed all women to remain in the workforce. So many women work complete BS jobs because just like men, they are expected to have a job. Additionally, they often have separate finances from their partner. They are essentially on their own and the system means they must work.

We don’t have paid leave here because continuing to work isn’t the goal for most women. Most women with young kids in the US don’t want to return to work when a child is one, two etc.

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