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Although it is pretty sexist by itself, that statement contains interesting points to talk about. Motherhood by itself can be a full time job, if the partner a

Although it is pretty sexist by itself, that statement contains interesting points to talk about. Motherhood by itself can be a full time job, if the partner and the society doesn't help. Like enough (and affordable) daycare centers, kindgartens, schools that take care of children after school hours, i.e. offer all-day care or activities. And as you said "very successful engineers". What's about not so successful people, making good money but not being able to afford the options around them? Yeah! So you are totally right, that statement was pretty sexist, but to really help couples raising children there is still a lot of work do to.

geraldwhen 3y ago
Countries with better support for working women have even lower birth rates. It is my belief that you are fundamentally misunderstand the issue.
- SunlitCat 3y ago
  Fair point, I was talking about the statement that "Motherhood is a full time job" not the other point you made about women choosing careers over motherhood. You are right that there are studies showing that especially in Northern European countries where women receive more support in raising children have lower birth rates. But there was no statement as to why this is so (at least that was the last time I was interested in the topic, maybe there is something new?). So yeah, I didn't feel confident enough to tackle that point of yours, sorry.
  - geraldwhen 3y ago
    There is no passing the buck. Raising children is a full time job, mother or father aside. And it is a rewarding job, unlike many middle management paper pushing “bullshit” jobs talked about here frequently. Someone has to raise children. I believe a loving, caring parent would want to do that themselves and or with their immediate family structure. I would not want strangers raising my children.

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Although it is pretty sexist by itself, that statement contains interesting points to talk about. Motherhood by itself can be a full time job, if the partner a

by SunlitCat 3y ago

geraldwhen 3y ago
Countries with better support for working women have even lower birth rates. It is my belief that you are fundamentally misunderstand the issue.
- SunlitCat 3y ago
  Fair point, I was talking about the statement that "Motherhood is a full time job" not the other point you made about women choosing careers over motherhood. You are right that there are studies showing that especially in Northern European countries where women receive more support in raising children have lower birth rates. But there was no statement as to why this is so (at least that was the last time I was interested in the topic, maybe there is something new?). So yeah, I didn't feel confident enough to tackle that point of yours, sorry.
  - geraldwhen 3y ago
    There is no passing the buck. Raising children is a full time job, mother or father aside. And it is a rewarding job, unlike many middle management paper pushing “bullshit” jobs talked about here frequently. Someone has to raise children. I believe a loving, caring parent would want to do that themselves and or with their immediate family structure. I would not want strangers raising my children.