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I agree with the general idea that women in the US are often expected to do lots of unpaid, under-appreciated work at home and beyond, but her framing of it as
by nostromo 6y ago
I agree with the general idea that women in the US are often expected to do lots of unpaid, under-appreciated work at home and beyond, but her framing of it as a problem with the US, capitalism, and white supremacy is pretty ridiculous.
Anyone who has been to several less capitalistic countries, or non-white countries, or just beyond the US in general can tell you that women still do a lot more work at home in most countries -- and in fact I'm hard pressed to think of non-white country that does a better job than several capitalist, predominantly white, western countries in allowing women the cultural freedom to do what they like with their lives.
I think it's gotten to the point that people in the social sciences just throw out these terms about any topic. But they shouldn't, because this is a real issue that she's undermining by stretching the argument so thin to try and make it about white supremacy.