I'm starting to see a lot of posts on social media "subtly" shaming women for working outside the home. [View all]

[hamsterjill]

Stepping up on soap box...



I've been watching these posts coming across my feed for the last month or so, and they are growing in number. Talking about how much it costs to afford child care, how much it would actually cost to have to pay a stay-at-home mom for all she does. How much "better" it is for the kids to have a "full-time" parent.

All the while, I'm seeing younger women having more children.

A working mother IS a "full-time" parent! I take issue with that comment. I feel like this is an orchestrated part of Project 2025 trying to take woman BACK to being barefoot and pregnant.

Those of us who worked when our children were growing up did just fine, thank you very much. Our kids benefitted from the extra income and most of us were dedicated to our roles as parents more so than our roles as employees. Although we handled BOTH roles exceedingly well.

It should be a woman's decision if she wants to work outside the home to provide for her family. It should be a woman's decision if she chooses to stay home. Same with fathers. Same with couples - it should be a decision made by them as to what is best for their particular situation.

I really feel like young women need to wake up and realize that they still DO have choices before they wake up one morning and don't have those choices any longer.

Rant over.