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Subsidized childcare is good, but even though it has liberatory potential this is still coercive to women because now they have a financial incentive to work fo
by tehjoker 7y ago
Subsidized childcare is good, but even though it has liberatory potential this is still coercive to women because now they have a financial incentive to work for somebody other than themselves. This means that this reform is beneficial to the buisness community and many women, but not all women as some would prefer to do the work themselves.
We should subsidize childcare in efficient group settings, but we should also pay women that decide to stay home and do that work from public funds at decent salaries.
Only then, when women are free to choose their own destiny free of financial pressure can we say we've made the kind of difference in the world we want to see.
EDIT: In fact, there are probably many different childcare arrangements that women would pick: alone, in groups with friends or relatives, or in the employed laborforce. All of these should be realistically on the table.
EDIT2: While practically speaking in our current society, women would be the most affected, this should apply to any primary caregiver regardless of gender identity.