We’ve structurally incentivized getting married. We’ve structurally incentivized nuclear, straight, cis, two-parent families. We have gone out of our way as a society to not incentivize women’s financial & career independence & ability to thrive or even survive as single parents.https://twitter.com/meredithshiner/status/1298619787233329154 …
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Replying to @AmandaBecker
to be clear, I believe we should have federally mandated paid family leave. this was a sort-of joke that was sad-funny because it is true.
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Replying to @meredithshiner
Our policies carry over into cultural practices tho - eg the fetishization of weddings/marriage, honeymoon funds. It’s effed up.
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Replying to @AmandaBecker @meredithshiner
We're incentivized not to have children, though perhaps *slightly* less so now that insurers have to cover maternity + $2K child tax credit.
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Replying to @StevenTDennis @meredithshiner
There are child tax credits! Also tax savings for private schools, child care.
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Head of household filing status if a longtime tax credit bestowed on those w kids.
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