I observed this at the school. The stay-at-home mums tended to form social networks with each other for company, as did the professionals & the full-time mums who would co-operate with childcare and mutual support. My friends were the part-timers who relied on each other for both
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The problem with looking at stats with a cultural constructivist mindset is that you'll see the ones that fit your view Women are having fewer babies than before = feminist brainwashing Women still much more likely to be stay-at-home mums = patriarchal brainwashing
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I think women have much more agency, especially when we have support for whatever we decide. I doubt many women say 'I really wanted to stay home with lots of children but then I heard what feminists were saying' or 'I really wanted a career but ppl said women shld stay at home.'
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They'd just choose a partner & friends from those who share or accept their values & not from those who don't. The obvious exception is family or small religious/cultural community norms where going against them entails losing your whole supportive network.
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I'd be much more sympathetic to a woman complaining that unless she eg, stays home & has babies, her family & community will not accept her than a woman like me, whose family will support them whatever & who can pick her own community from mainstream society more easily.
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In reality, the feminists we know best for complaining they are culturally conditioned & pressured to stay home & have babies do not come from small religious/cultural communities within larger societies who will reject them if they don't. They're middle-class, white, secular.
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And the women we know best for complaining they are being pressured not to stay home with kids and instead have a career by feminists are not part of feminist communities. If they ever belonged to one, they left and are now addressing and often speaking from a conservative base.
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Therefore, this complaint often comes down to 'Within mainstream society, there are different views on whether women should prioritise family life or careers. I don't like this one coz it says I'm doing it wrong.' Deal with it. Your own view is also mainstream. Others can exist
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Feminism isn't the only influence of low birth rate but I'd say it's a big factor. JBP et al have good social science about that. Other things like rise in chemically induced male infertility is another example
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