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Yeah, as far as labor market goes "women's liberation" never really happened. The social pressure to have a family didn't really disappear, and yet there's way
by rwyinuse 2y ago
Yeah, as far as labor market goes "women's liberation" never really happened. The social pressure to have a family didn't really disappear, and yet there's way more pressure to build a career to appease our corporate overlords. Is that really an improvement?
Ultimately capitalism is built so that improved productivity, more working hours, higher salaries never benefit the worker long-term. If people start earning more, the owning class will simply raise prices to match this new level of income. The US is the wealthiest and strongest country in the world, and yet young people there struggle to buy houses just as much (or even more) than their peers in much poorer countries.
- ants_everywhere 2y ago> The social pressure to have a family didn't really disappear All sexually reproducing organisms on the Earth have families without any social pressure and we evolved from primates who work like this. By far the stronger pressure is biological. I doubt social pressure even comes close to moving the needle.
- nobodyandproud 2y agoUnlike most organisms, we’re smart enough to satisfy those urges without having children. The peak reproductive years are the late teens to late twenties (give or take). However and in modern society, having children in the first two-thirds of the peak years is a recipe for failure or lifelong hardships.