• Kecessa@sh.itjust.works
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      4 months ago

      Guess she was an at home mom, right? Because that’s more than a full time job, especially back in the days when the man didn’t take care of the kids except when it came time to scold them.

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          3 months ago

          Good she did her job! She did her part and presumably satisfied with it.

          This whole devaluation of womens labour contributionand to society as mothers is fucking disgusting.

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            3 months ago

            Just to chime in a little. I don’t think the implication was “my nan never worked”, I think it was more “she never had a 9 to 5”. No one in this conversation was trying to say being a mom is easy, so much as they’re saying working a desk job is harmful to the soul. While more demanding than a desk job, raising children is also a truly meaningful occupation; like, deep down, meaning of life type meaningful. You don’t get “paid”, but no amount of pay is worth more than watching your child learn and become a person either. Ultimately I don’t think the ease or difficulty of jobs is whats enabling or preventing these people from living a long time. It probably has more to do with a sense of purpose. The article is disingenuous because an overwhelming majority of jobs do not provide a sense of purpose.

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              3 months ago

              The article is disingenuous because an overwhelming majority of jobs do not provide a sense of purpose.

              Exactly.

              Also, I didn’t mean that somebody implied that about motherhood here.

              But I bet corporate propganda would tho… Why would this bitch parenting her child when she could be making daddy some mother fucking money as a girl boss or whatever recent bushit they are shiling.