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10. Entitled.

Reply to drmeow (Reply #5)

Thu Dec 4, 2025, 09:02 AM

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They are entitled. You are exactly on point. The rights we and our mothers fought for allow young women in the U.S. to choose from options.

My mother loved her job and hated traditional women's work. She would have been miserable. And she grew up in the 1950s when women were expected to be domestic goddesses. She rejected that.

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