igotsix—why should it be all women who quit their jobs? Sure, a household can sometimes be more efficient with one person dedicated to housework/childcare/cooking, but why should they all be women? I have a friend who lives with his brother and dad; my friend has a full time job, his brother is a student, and their dad does the housework. Not a traditional setup, but it works well for them. My point is that even if you want to encourage more people to quit their jobs in order to run their houses, there’s absolutely no reason those people should all be women—each household has to make that decision internally. You’re also assuming that every household has two adults in it—one man and one woman. What about single parents, or multigenerational households, or gasp gay couples? In short, it can sometimes make economic sense for someone to run a household rather than hold a paying job. But to state that all women should quit their jobs is blatantly misogynistic.
igotsix—why should it be all women who quit their jobs? Sure, a household can sometimes be more efficient with one person dedicated to housework/childcare/cooking, but why should they all be women? I have a friend who lives with his brother and dad; my friend has a full time job, his brother is a student, and their dad does the housework. Not a traditional setup, but it works well for them. My point is that even if you want to encourage more people to quit their jobs in order to run their houses, there’s absolutely no reason those people should all be women—each household has to make that decision internally. You’re also assuming that every household has two adults in it—one man and one woman. What about single parents, or multigenerational households, or gasp gay couples? In short, it can sometimes make economic sense for someone to run a household rather than hold a paying job. But to state that all women should quit their jobs is blatantly misogynistic.