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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'll play:

The acronym WOHM is silly and unnecessary. No one uses this term when speaking ("Hi, I'm Wanda and I'm a work outside of the home mom!"). It's an acronym used exclusively in DCUMLandia and similar internet based places as a PC mechanism for not offending SAHMs who feel that the term working mom (for those with paying jobs) is hurtful since it somehow makes them (SAHMs) feel under valued. I don't understand why this term was developed or why anyone feels it is necessary. If you have job, then you work (working mom, working person, working teenager).[b] If you don't have a job, then you don't work.[/b] BUT, that doesn't mean that society thinks SAHMs are home eating bonbons. We get it. You are caring for kids and the home. And as far as we can tell, you don't mind the SAHM moniker, right? Because, you are at home. But why must we have the WOHM term? What the hell does my job have to do with not being at home??  Should I start telling people I'm a lawyer/doctor/ unicorn who works at an office instead of my kitchen table? Seems odd. I can't imagine a working mom coined that damn WOHM term.

So let's get back to the basics. SAHM and WM. We all know what these terms mean. They work just fine. [/quote]

If you don't have a job, then you don't GET PAID FOR work.

Because the fact is that there is plenty of work that people do and don't get paid for. Much of this work is traditionally done by women.[/quote]

You're so defensive.  It's really absurd.  See the post above yours.[/quote]

What am I defensive about? I do work that I get paid for. I also do work that I don't get paid for.[/quote]

It's ridiculous for SAHMs (whether you personally are one or not) to take offense to mothers who work a paying job (in or out of the home) being referred to as working moms.  It is just semantics and comes off as very defensive.  How can you not see that?  Just silly.[/quote]

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