Looking to vent here a bit because it didn't go so well earlier.
I'm worried about the huge cultural push for women to leave the workforce and take care of their kids full-time, you know, unpaid labor that stands to permanently hurt their careers and leaves them entirely financially dependent on (usually) their husbands. On most parenting subreddits it is completely taboo to point to those concerns with anything except the softest suggestion. I'd hoped the working moms of reddit would be able to relate to that fear a bit, though.
I'm now pretty convinced that a good chunk of the working moms would leave the workforce in a heartbeat if they could get by on a single income. I got called not a feminist for not respecting the choices of all women and not valuing care work. I think I'm just done with online parenting spaces. They've been helpful at times but I can't deal with the choice feminism and "whatever makes them happy!" stuff. If any other moms here can relate I'd love to hear it, but I'm sick of being told I don't support women's choices when I'm seeing this trend and being alarmed by it.
Edit: removed a flippant remark about Tradwives.
Comments are just how these people don't want to be around their kids and boogeyman of men leaving them.
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