I think it is ineffective. I think women will largely do whatever they want to do, provided they're allowed & there is support. In our society, both those narratives & the 'personal choice' 1 exists. I'm skeptical lowered birthrates are due to cultural conditioning by feminists https://twitter.com/Mr_Bloppo/status/998962401071509504 …
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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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