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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Honestly, all of this is made easier if mom stays home with the children and dad makes more money to compensate. I know it’s an unpopular sentiment, but most women would feel much less resentment if they dropped work to focus their efforts (when the children are young) on raising them and let their DH work harder to cover the bills.[/quote]

So you think the only function women should have once they become mothers is to solely focus on being a mom?  Why is that fair?  Women have talents, skills and brains that society can benefit from!  Why can Dads be dads and also productive members of society!

You do know the story of Japan?  Women are choosing not to become mothers because of the unequal treatment of women!  I am not encouraging my dds to become mothers!  If the population dies out so be it.[/quote]
I’m saying that mothers would be much happier if the focused solely on being moms when their children are young. They very well may have talents/brain/skills society can benefit from, but the discussion about happiness and purpose are two separate ones. The vast majority of career women have jobs, not careers, and it is ironic that women supporting feminism parrot the incredulous lie that working 45 hours per week as Regional Sales Manager to Management is worth more to women than being home with their child. It is certainly worth more to your company that you spend those hours click-clacking on your laptop, but it won’t make you happier. I think the female resentment is symptomatic that some women are waking up like “what the hell am I doing, getting sucked dry for $35/hr?” but the market absolutely cannot allow her to consider quitting so - quick! - blame her DH and they can fight about who cleans gutters so that no one stops and says “wait, who is actually getting all our time?”[/quote]

Why should moms be the ones who stay at home when the children are young? What makes you think they find dealing with infants anymore fulfilling than dads do? [/quote]

NP I agree with that, it shouldn't necessarily be moms, but one of the child's parents ought to do it.  I think you'll find that many infants do not find dealing with the daycare environment and daycare workers as fulfilling as being home with a loving parent.[/quote]

If you're not going to pay my share of the bills than don't tell my husband or I should quit our jobs to be stay at home parents. In this area it's pretty challenging to live off one income and pay a mortgage or rent much less giving up niceties. [/quote]

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