• Whelks_chance@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    It’s irritating that you used to be able to run a 2.4 children household on a male breadwinner, and now two incomes is often not enough. We’ve normalised everyone working and noone able to focus on home and the family.

    I guess the idea of the “stay at home dad” didn’t take off enough to normalise a single worker after women were able to leave the house.

    (I’m aware of the broad strokes hetronormative language here, but it’s relevant)

    • velma@sh.itjust.works
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      I guess the idea of the “stay at home dad” didn’t take off enough to normalise a single worker after women were able to leave the house.

      Part of that is women’s wages didn’t rise to match men’s wages.