>>309362I think feminism should embrace the fact that a large section of women would like to try being homemakers, at least for a period of their lives (like when children are young). Family focused people exist and there is more opportunity to be productive inside the home than ever. The only insurmountable problem faced is the very real career hit and life risk from having to trust another person with everything.
There's also the fact that whether women like it or not, the birth rate issue is practically looming over every single advanced or even industrialized economy in the world at this point. Not only has bribery via money, services like childcare, or even housing shown to barely work in even the Nordic countries, that level of public spending is completely unsustainable in the long run. All while the lack of young people paying in destroys the social safety nets which do exist (which women disproportionately benefit from, who lives longer again?). You can't even use the average migrants because migrants aren't actually net taxpayers as a whole, only 2nd or 3rd gen will be (whose birth rates also crash living a "modern" lifestyle).
I think what should actually be done is to give women workplace and educational protections to allow them to have children earlier if they so wish. Statistically, most women who do want to stay home, only want to do so because their children are young. So as long as there is a viable way to "catch up" once your children are of school age, there isn't nearly as much of an impact on the course of your life. It leaves those wonderful years where they're grown up or teens right at start of peak career time. Having children earlier also increases the potential childbearing age of a woman each time she gets pregnant (9 months of no ovulation, plus 1-6 months of inconsistent/rare), meaning you can easily have more later in life if desired. Mothers should get veterans style benefits, as well as an official "mother" style career track/option. While most DEI type programs are under assault, a few which are are viewed as "meritocratic", such as veterans benefits, have broad public support. If the birth rate is such a problem, it really shouldn't be that big an issue to give increasing levels of support based on how much women have chosen to disrupt their lives.
First: Offer Employers incentives to hire part-time style "moth
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