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And because money (and power) is all that counts nowadays right? There was a time where it was not a shame if a woman chose to stay at home. Nowadays, people to

And because money (and power) is all that counts nowadays right? There was a time where it was not a shame if a woman chose to stay at home. Nowadays, people toll their eyes if my wife tells them about her (very own) choice..

SolaceQuantum 7y ago
I think this post was made in bad faith to the argument of the poster. Money and therefore power matter a lot in a society in which you must purchase almost all of your basic goods with it. housing, food, water, etc. Up to a certain point money does track with quality of life, and the point in which it ceases to be the case is well above median wealth. If we were to evaluate that it is normal for women to have less paying jobs because women’s work is worth less pay, then the knock off effect is that women aren’t worth a quality of life equal to men on average. Also, I am under the impression that rolling ones eyes at a choice to stay at home is a continued devaluation of women’s work. The upkeep of a living location and the caring of any little humans is a significant labor, such that upon outsourcing is often equivalent to a median yearly salary of a single person. However because there isn’t a common framework to evaluate worth beyond money in the society I live in, unpaid labor isn’t valued.
wccrawford 7y ago
While I fully agree that people should accept that some people are driven by things other than money, and even beyond that, it should be perfectly socially acceptable to be driven by other goals instead... People who are driven by money, no matter gender, skin color, etc shouldn't be held back from it because of preconceptions about their ability. Only their actual ability should matter.
UncleMeat 7y ago
Yet the us does not have mandatory maternity leave. Money is choices. That people must sacrifice it in order to do things like raise children is evidence that our society does not value homemaking.
- AvocadoPanic 7y ago
  Or that our society values self-sufficiency and two-parrent households where one parent cares for the children in the home.
  - amanaplanacanal 7y ago
    I'm not sure this follows. Is the idea that lack of maternity leave will cause two-parent households? What is the mechanism?

SolaceQuantum 7y ago

I think this post was made in bad faith to the argument of the poster. Money and therefore power matter a lot in a society in which you must purchase almost all of your basic goods with it. housing, food, water, etc. Up to a certain point money does track with quality of life, and the point in which it ceases to be the case is well above median wealth. If we were to evaluate that it is normal for women to have less paying jobs because women’s work is worth less pay, then the knock off effect is that women aren’t worth a quality of life equal to men on average. Also, I am under the impression that rolling ones eyes at a choice to stay at home is a continued devaluation of women’s work. The upkeep of a living location and the caring of any little humans is a significant labor, such that upon outsourcing is often equivalent to a median yearly salary of a single person. However because there isn’t a common framework to evaluate worth beyond money in the society I live in, unpaid labor isn’t valued.

wccrawford 7y ago

While I fully agree that people should accept that some people are driven by things other than money, and even beyond that, it should be perfectly socially acceptable to be driven by other goals instead... People who are driven by money, no matter gender, skin color, etc shouldn't be held back from it because of preconceptions about their ability. Only their actual ability should matter.

UncleMeat 7y ago

Yet the us does not have mandatory maternity leave. Money is choices. That people must sacrifice it in order to do things like raise children is evidence that our society does not value homemaking.

AvocadoPanic 7y ago
Or that our society values self-sufficiency and two-parrent households where one parent cares for the children in the home.
- amanaplanacanal 7y ago
  I'm not sure this follows. Is the idea that lack of maternity leave will cause two-parent households? What is the mechanism?