Is the SAHM the new status symbol?
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Is the SAHM the new status symbol?
| Tue, 09-23-2003 - 10:36pm |
In the 70's and 80's women fought to get into the workforce (the whole Ms. magazine generation)...and then the tide turned in the late 1990's when more women started to stay home by choice. Now, it seems like being a SAHM is a status symbol....and superior to being a working mom.
Kat

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You said someone does not have to work or volunteer to contribute . . . so what are some examples of this? How are these individuals contributing?
I really don't care if the mom down the street hops between spa and lunch on a daily basis.
D.
You're right - I don't know anything about your situation. But since I can parent and work, I certainly assume there are some other attorney/parents who can make both aspects work.
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I don't have anything at all against a woman working. Not even if she takes the entire check and blows it on herself. The same as I don't care what a Sahm does with her days (nights, etc).
#2 I answered the question as it appeared she was directing it to me. I work in our school, and our church. The two most important roles outside my role of wife and mother.
I have drive. I just don't have to go outside the home to work for it.
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