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What if the spouse does not want to raise children but rather would prefer to work. What if the partners would prefer to both raise the children and both work l
by Xylakant 12y ago
What if the spouse does not want to raise children but rather would prefer to work. What if the partners would prefer to both raise the children and both work less? "Just go raise some children" just promotes the gender inequality that people have been trying to fix for ages.
- mediocrejoker 12y agoAre you assuming BrainInAJar is a man and the mentioned spouse is his wife, and not vice versa?
- Xylakant 12y agoI'm not assuming anything: It's the same response both ways round. It should be the couples decision on how to organize their life and their child-rearing duties.
- seanflyon 12y agoI agree with your general sentiment, but either you were assuming that the husband was working and the wife staying home, or your statement "just promotes the gender inequality" makes no sense.
- Xylakant 12y agoNo, gender equality is if both sides can choose to pursue a career. Just flipping that around and defaulting to "male partner cannot work because he has to raise some kids" is inequal as well. In any case, that already assumes it's a male-female couple.
- seanflyon 12y agoYou know what does not involve any gender stereotypes? One partner working and the other staying home with the kids. You don't need to flip it around and default to the male staying home. Many couples choose this for perfectly good reasons. Like I said before, I agree with you general sentiment that the couple should be able to make that decision.