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Editor @AreoMagazine Secular, liberal humanist. Mother. Doglover. Writing book about epistemology & ethics on the academic left Helen.pluckrose@areomagazine.com

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    1. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose May 23

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      Of course for a tiny minority of people, devoting their entire life to a family & home and none to work is absolutely right just as for a small minority of people, devoting their entire life to work and none to a family & home is absolutely right. https://twitter.com/Paul_Bergkamp/status/999158977199071233 …

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    2. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose May 23

      But for more people who throw themselves fully into work & have no family life, this indicates not that they have no need for a partner or family but that they can't find one that suits them and so have filled out their lives doing something else important to them. @Paul_Bergkamp

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    3. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose May 23

      And for more people who throw themselves fully into looking after home & family, this indicates not they have no personal ambitions or interests but that they can't find a way to realise them & so have filled out their lives doing something else important to them. @Paul_Bergkamp

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    4. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose May 23

      I think it's clear that having a social default that most men & women will pursue both work lives and family lives is spot on. The balance of this will vary & men are more likely to prioritise the former & women the latter & there will be some who only want one but uncommonly.

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      Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose May 23

      But assuming most people will have both kinds of needs does not entail blaming them if they don't. Again, the individual matters. My father is a workoholic who didn't want children tho he loved me once I got here. Even now, he has to limit family time to be on his own &I get that

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        2. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose May 23

          It was the existence of him that made me realise it is OK to be the way I am. Very much in my own head, absorbed in my own interests, with limited capacity for socialising even with those closest tho I love them dearly. Of course, he's probably also why I am this way. #Genetics

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        3. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose May 23

          My cousin, as I have already mentioned, is someone who is utterly absorbed in her family & home. She has limited capacity to take an interest in anything else. That's fine too. It's who she is. And I'm grateful she exists & to be part of that family & be loved by her.

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        4. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose May 23

          I do not take a side on 'shame women into prioritising home life' or 'shame women into prioritising careers' because I don't think we should be shaming anyone and I also don't think women are that malleable. But I object to anyone thinking the default for women should just be one

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        2. Betty‏ @SoljaBetty May 23
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          This demonstrates that it’s more important to be honest with yourself & family about your needs & wants, as opposed to trying to be something your not. Less family time, but the time you do spend is good is better that a lot of family time that’s fraught etc.

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        3. Betty‏ @SoljaBetty May 23
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          Excuse the typos. Only half way through first coffee....!

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