While I know there are cases when women aren’t married and don’t own property and are in a vulnerable position, I’m not talking about posters who are concerned about women.
I’m talking about posters who believe that SAHMs have no say in finances, should ‘get a job’ and are somehow lazy.
A FT childcare place costs around £800 a month. If you have more than one child, realistically for many women, ‘getting a job’ will mean working at a loss. Not to mention problems with shift work at the lower paid end of the spectrum (retail work and care work.)
Is it really so awful that having a SAHM might just work really well for some families? That some women might thoroughly enjoy it and that it’s part of a mutually beneficial relationship in the context of the whole family?
Or should everyone just get a job, regardless of how miserable and poor it makes the whole family?!
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crinklyfoil · 25/07/2021 07:39
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