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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] All you can do is explain and repeat that girls cannot be defined by motherhood, but must be financially independent first and foremost, and that little remarks like this undercut the real message. My parents have been receptive to this, but I don't even bother with my ILs. They belong to a culture with strict gender roles. We don't see them very often.[/quote] What if OP's daughter WANTS to be a SAHM? I knew I wanted to be a mom from a young age. My mom was like this, always telling me how men were trash (she had gone through a bad divorce), how I shouldn't let my desire for children affect my relationship choices, how I should get a job and be independent. It did nothing to me and only increased my baby fever. When you make something a forbidden fruit it only becomes more desirable. Women like my mom and some of the people I've met on DCUM are the reasons I don't personally identify as a feminist. [/quote]
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