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Probably will get slammed for this but the traditional idea of one spouse working to provide money to live and the other maintaining the home and bears primary
by DoneWithAllThat 4y ago
Probably will get slammed for this but the traditional idea of one spouse working to provide money to live and the other maintaining the home and bears primary responsibility for the kids seems like the most efficient and effective family foundation. I’ve never understood the idea that both parents should be able to work full time AND raise a family. They’re fundamentally at odds with each other.
- happytoexplain 4y agoI agree with your first sentence, but starting with "Probably will get slammed for this" always hamstrings the rest of the post. It sounds superior, like you're painting yourself as the underdog fighting for truth. In fact, you might be surprised by how many people agree with your first sentence, taken literally. One thing I think is generally misunderstood about this is that the result of the revolution wasn't, "all women should work" (this is usually an uncharitable characterisation made in anger), it was "women should be allowed to work without being shamed". However, there was of course no mirror movement, where men wanted to leave the working world. So, over decades, this naturally caused the market to shift, making life financially harder and harder for those families with only one worker. That's what caused women to have to work. It wasn't an idea.