if it were my job to create propaganda for the purpose of reducing the human population, one thing i would do is reframe parenting as “unpaid labor”https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1258094215361413121 …
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Replying to @kimmaicutler
my point is not that parenting is unchallenging, nor do i think our culture values it highly enough. my point is that this language is degrading and dehumanizing.
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Replying to @micsolana
I do not think so at all. Care-based professions, whether they are for kids, elders or others, are systematically under compensated precisely because they are just thoughtlessly relegated to women in the household or often to undocumented labor w little rights/negotiating power.
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Replying to @kimmaicutler @micsolana
You’re quibbling about the language but not seeing the very real behavior it is referring to, which is the dehumanizing part.
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Replying to @kimmaicutler @micsolana
I think the author would agree w some of the points you’re making about how we don’t put enough resources in this and is using this linguistic framing to underscore that.
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A lot rides on the "labor" part. It's not just degrading, it's dystopian. Most stay-at-home parents don't consider what they're doing the provision of a service fungible with what's otherwise available on the market. And indeed, it isn't.
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Stay at home parents where and in what market? If you’re a stay at home parent in SF without elders or extended family around providing care, you may have financial resources.
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Kim I'm about to be priced out of this market with zero kids. I'm not even sure what kind of "splaining" this is, but it's not a response to my tweet.
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