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You have sophomoric understanding of economics and history with respect to the workforce and inflation and psychology for that matter.[/quote]

Well thank goodness there are experts among us...  :roll:  I thought this was an opinion site. What I know is that there has been a cultural shift during my lifetime, completing devaluing the work I did for a decade as a SAHM. Most friends say they cannot afford NOT to work, and many people wish they could stay at home longer with young children. Why shouldn' they have that choice? It is nice to have a job again so people don't just write me off...and so my kids see they have choices & options. But it is going to be on my terms if we don't need the income. Some of the PP are using themselves & their kids as martyrs to pave a path forward that features women being "successful" in what they consider "high-powered" jobs -- male-dominated industries that operate according to all the old rules. That's what I think feminism has done. And that would be fine if we were DINKS. Enjoy that grind if you like it, but [b]don't be a martyr on my girls' account. I want them to know it is perfectly OK to opt out of the paid workforce to care for others, if that works best family-wise, and then step back in as they see fit. This craziness where everyone works FT b/c of their high earning potential and everything kid-related is hired out? Not something I want to model for my kiddos.[/b] [/quote]

+1. All of this[/quote]

Well said.  I’m not raising my daughter to feel forced into maintaining employment if she doesn’t have to, simply for other hypothetical females.  That’s not our family values and that’s not how I am raising her.  [b]If it works better for her to stay at home and they can afford it, then let that be their choice. [/b] [/quote]
Another one who just does not get it. How do you think girls and women have ended up having a "choice"? You think that this choice just magically appeared one day in history because a bunch of dads decided, hey, girls ought to have the same educational opportunities as boys? You think that things like paid parental leave happened because some fairy magically changed company policies? What about company health insurance that covers women's birth control? You think that this benefit just typed itself up?
And if you believe that these rights that women fought for and continue to fight for are permanent and that you have benefitted from and that you assume that your daughter will inherit, think again. Look at what's happening to our country with regard to reproductive rights. This is not some slippery slope argument or thought experiment. The rights of girls and women in this country are diminishing as we speak. If women ran half of the Fortune 500 companies and held most of the wealth in this country, none of these rights would be taken away from us. 
It is more imperative than ever that women who have the ability, talent, money, and education to hold positions of power do so. And cooking hot meals for your man, volunteering to run the bake sale for the PSA, and making sure you have the right interior decorator all the while relying on your man to support you into old age, frankly, these activities can be done in addition to your career.[/quote]

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