I really see a strong correlation between thinking women should be completely fulfilled by children & domestic stuff and having absolutely no interest in anything or intellectual curiosity oneself.
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They always speak of work as some arduous chore that people just have to do to earn money to live & which doesn't enrich life in any way. Sadly, that is some people's reality and if so, I suppose there is a misguided & sexist kindness behind wanting to spare women from it.
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There could be a class issue here as well as an attitude one. I was raised to think that I can do whatever I want and that finding out what I enjoy is central to that. By my very socially conservative father, btw, who thoroughly (& inexplicably) enjoyed being an insurance broker.
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I have done jobs I didn't like. I once, very briefly, an accounts clerk. I stopped doing that & went into care work which paid much less but was much more fun.
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I do think this is mostly an attitude thing. An apathy. A lack of having a passion for anything. Perhaps the greatest privilege in life is being good at something you love doing & getting paid for it.
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But I digress (as usual). In short, it is usually people who have no intellectual interest/professional ambition of their own who find it difficult to understand that women might have & say things like 'You're lost.' I don't feel particularly lost.
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Please Helen, just accept you're doing parenting wrong. The guy with no children clearly knows best.
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Your interlocutor reminds me so much of a certain type of Christian who has found the Truth-with-a-capital-"T" and just feels so sorry for you for not being able to see it.
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Nice of that kid to patronise you like that. Jeepers.
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"Get rid of your children" Wtf
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I ran a preschool home school group for 1 1/2 years when my son was little and that was very fun and fulfilling and challenging. I learned a lot.
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If I had more kids I think being stay-at-home mom could be very rewarding. There's a lot to do in that sphere that is rewarding--community and education work as well as just domestic tasks.
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