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Proud Liberal Dem

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7. Can you really blame people for not being eager to jump into parenthood

Reply to Ohiogal (Reply #4)

Wed Sep 11, 2019, 10:21 AM

Sep 2019

in a country that offers an increasingly limited amount of external supports? I don't go for all of these articles that are lamenting or trying to sound an alarm about the decreased birthrate. Assuming we're not wiped out by other means, I *think* we will survive.

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Women dropping out of the work force [View all] Ohiogal Sep 2019 OP

Not women of color . . . . Iliyah Sep 2019 #1

+1 leftstreet Sep 2019 #6

That would make sense, which immediately makes it suspicious in some minds... TreasonousBastard Sep 2019 #2

I left my job because of childcare. MissB Sep 2019 #3

Yup. Ohiogal Sep 2019 #4

Can you really blame people for not being eager to jump into parenthood Proud Liberal Dem Sep 2019 #7

Republicans/Right-Wingers put women in a terrible bind in this country because of their policies Proud Liberal Dem Sep 2019 #5

IMO denial of equal pay & childcare in the US is meant to keep women OUT CousinIT Sep 2019 #8

All of which applies to institutional racism lunatica Sep 2019 #9

+1000 n/t CousinIT Sep 2019 #10

Your points are valid and there is something else to consider... Renew Deal Sep 2019 #11

Some women just choose not to have kids at all. smirkymonkey Sep 2019 #12