Great. My rather modest point was that some who stay home don’t feel any need to pursue outside work, or sit on 3 charitable boards, or write a novel, in order to be fulfilled. A break from the kids? Sure. But a break to pursue some meaningful “vocation”? Not necessarily.
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Replying to @JohnBoudet
Neither did I suggest this. Something meaningful outside the home tho. I cycled round to elderly people's houses and helped them wash, dress, made meals etc.
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I’m thinking about the matriarch of an extended family—the one who always sends handwritten notes, or visits the sick aunt, or organizes the baby shower. These women exist; and they are neither stupid nor unfulfilled.
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Replying to @JohnBoudet
I've already said my cousin is one of them. I know they exist. I just think they're uncommon. Also, many of those matriarchs will be unfulfilled tho. Would you be fulfilled writing handwritten notes, visiting sick aunts and organising baby showers?
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I think the default assumption should be that women will have both kinds of needs just as men usually do even tho there are some men (and a few women) who genuinely have no need for family life and devote themselves to work & some women (and a few men) who want to stay home.
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