To cannot believe this Telegraph headline

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My first ever AIBU and apologies if this has done before, the headline is two days old, but seriously?? :

Women will have to give up work to look after parents unless EU care workers are given priority after Brexit

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2018/08/05/women-will-have-give-work-look-parents-unless-eu-care-workers here]]

Fuck that! They can't be compelled to do FA. All this harking back to the 1950s can kiss my arse.

Didn't the report say 'growing numbers of people, "especially women", will have to give up their jobs to provide "informal care" for loved ones.'?
I read that as it will have this effect on the population and, because society expects women to do the caring, it will hit women disproportionately.
So shit headline, Telegraph, (there's a surprise). I would have put 'will be forced' rather than 'will have to'.

Yes, society still expects women to do all the caring. My DH seemed to think, or rather assume, when we first met. that if his mother were to die then his father would have to move in with us. At the time I was working full time and commuting 3 hours a day

I'm just mind boggled because I had assumed that articles are run past editors before they are published so there must have been at least two people who thought this is a fine statement.
In 2018...

Aren’t we missing the point here?
The figures re nurses and doctors are quite realistic.
Yes there’s the point about women being carers but that aside if we actually go through with the absolute farce that is Brexit this is just the thin end of the wedge

Why only women, why not 'people'? Men have parents too.

In any case most will get some help from carers, there are allowances for that and plenty of people work as carers, not just EU workers.

Ignore, and file under project fear.

Project fear my arse.
Be afraid be very afraid

Project fear my back hole.
I work on a ward where we had over 60% EU workers in 2016, now it is something like 22%. We have a massive, massive shortfall.

The thousands of NHS and care home workers from the EU who have gone home (as a direct result of Brexit) will have an awful, awful impact long term on this country.

LOL @ the implication of the Torygraph being engaged in project fear.

Ooooh yay GOODY1

Brexit scaremongering bullshit propaganda No 77!

And why would the Telegraph be indulging in scaremongering propaganda? They wouldn't. The report is accurate, the headline is silly.

Probably a stupid question, but how did we manage before the influx of EU workers in recent years?

So hiphopchick do tell us your educated reasons as to why this is “scaremongering bullshit propaganda “

sunflower it’s hardly been an influx over recent years ffs!

It is a headline and therefore click bait.

I do think they have different standards for online and paper publishing though. The mistakes in online papers drive me nuts! Spelling, grammar and so much more.

I am now wondering if my first sentence needs a comma but this won’t be published in a newspaper so I hope that (slightly) lower standards will be acceptable.

Paywalled, but I'm curious about the actual article does it discuss the fact that women are the primary care giver in most of these circumstances? TBH I'd probably post a headline like that myself on FWR but the gist of the thread would be that women are the ones who left holding the baby (or grandad)

Not bullshit. It will be reality.... There already is a shortfall which is getting worse.

There are increasing numbers of frail elderly as we are living longer

Hi Iaminsignficunt, obviously you’ve been fooled by project fear and are imagining the staff shortages. You do know the torygraph is famous for its active role in project fear and all those pro Brexit headlines were just false flags to lull us into submission.

Ffs the staff shortages are a bloody reality now! When will you stupid brexiters get your head out of your arse and take a look at what we are really facing?!?

It’s not a matter of Tory/Labour anymore!

Women will bear the brunt of the effects of Brexit in general. Diminished/slashed rights, caring for relatives, going without food if No Deal happens to feed kids etc.

And just piss right off with your Project Fear shit. So tired of it. Just shouting PROJECT FEAR like brainless idiots. Never engaging with the problem. Just shouting PROJECT FEAR.

Lone parents are forced to work so In effect prevented from their caring duties.
Now they're wanting people to give up their jobs to care for their elderly parents.
I wish this government would make up their minds. Do they value the role of the care giver or not. WeLl it seems they do when it's convenient for them.!!!!!.
Also I think people forget not everyone has the luxury of staying at home. Some people have to go to work.

Whenever jobs are scarce there is pressure on women to leave the work force to make way for men.
Sometimes it is couched in proper parenting expectations for women who have children, and other times it is presented this way, it is always about making way for men who need jobs instead of women who just want them.

The other papers had similar headlines though. It's covering the wording of the DoH report, it's not Telegraph 'opinion'.

www.theguardian.com/society/2018/aug/06/carer-shortage-after-brexit-will-force-women-to-quit-jobs