• Taleya@aussie.zone
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    1 year ago

    Why do you assume a single income household means 1) a heterosexual household and 2) the man is the one that works?

    Stop thinking like that.

    • shirro@aussie.zone
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      1 year ago

      I gave up a job to became a home dad just after the Howard era when single income households were more valued and supported even if it was for dubious cultural reasons. My partner had better job security and income and I could supplement our income with work from home. I understand some of the issues women have traditionally faced staying at home. It is socially isolating, probably more so for a bloke, and returning to the workforce can be challenging. It wasn’t a bad option at the time. I would not choose it today as things are a lot harsher now and while I valued my time with the kids for the most part it is a career killer.

      It is something I think only people who are very wealthy will be able to do in the future without a UBI or other support. It is hard to view that loss of opportunity as a win for working families. If the primary earner is making more than the median income, a second income should be enhancing wealth for nice things and holidays as it was, not essential to pay the electricity bill and rent as it is now.

      • Taleya@aussie.zone
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        1 year ago

        yeah the fact that women in the workforce has translated to “Twice as many peasants!” is a fucking bad look for us as a species. dammit capitalism, could you not, just once…

        • Mountaineer@lemmy.worldOP
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          1 year ago

          You weren’t discussing anything.
          You came along afterwards, misinterpreted one post out of context and called me out for an imagined slight.