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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't think of it that way. Staying home with my kids (2 and 4) is what I want to do, and I think I have the right to spend my day/life the way I want to.

Yes, I think there are brilliant scientists, human rights lawyers, etc. who are "worth more" to society than I am. But I don't think only SAHM's can say that. Most employed people could say that, too.[/quote]

The difference is, ALL SAHMs are worth less to society than the professionals you named. Some working people are, some are not (teachers, doctors, some lawyers, etc.).

I just think we have to be realistic about that.

SAHM is a lesser choice, for people who are maybe not as clever or ambitious. That’s ok. We’re not all equal.[/quote]

Work is work. Getting into the game of value - a trash collector is worth less to society than a doctor etc - is a just useless endeavor.  At the end of the day, society needs all workers.  That important doctor relies on bus drivers and nannies too, whether for her own life or that of the patients she is dependent on.[/quote]

This is so Pollyanna and you know it’s not true.

Lol that a trash collector is just as important as a doctor. I take your point that trash collecting is necessary but come on. Live in the land of reality.

Anyway, someday soon trash collection will be totally automated.[/quote]

The doctor deserves to be paid more but sorry, I don't think someone is more important than another simply because of their job.  Society needs all types.[/quote]

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