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There are sexist gender roles at play even among single parents, potentially. How can we determine those aren't preferential choices? (To wit, you didn’t lame
by stcredzero 8y ago
There are sexist gender roles at play even among single parents, potentially.
How can we determine those aren't preferential choices?
(To wit, you didn’t lament the rise of “single fatherhood.”)
There is an apparent bias against men getting custody of the children. There also isn't a lamentation about men's under-representation in certain medical fields in certain countries.
It is, of course, possible that for women this situation is not as much a personal preference as it is a constraint.
Why is it a constraint? How are they being coerced? Are you implying that some mothers would rather spend more time working, make more money, and have less time with their children, but they are being compelled to do otherwise? There are some wealthy mothers who do this by hiring caretakers.
- abalone 8y agoYou are now interrogating a quote from the study. I’m not sure what the Harvard dept. of Economics would think about your “wealthy mother” solution to patriarchal gender roles, but it seems a little weak to me.
- stcredzero 8y agoI’m not sure what the Harvard dept. of Economics would think about your “wealthy mother” solution Where did I cite that as a "solution?" You are revealing your biases and projections quite clearly. Rather, it's actually support for your position, with regards to the possible range of natural behaviors observed in our society. You asserted that women would choose to work more, then spend more on child care, but they are somehow less free to make that choice. How is that so?
- em-bee 8y agohere is the constraint: if i ask for help watching the kids because i need to work, relatives come running. if my wife asks the same, no-one volunteers.