> From: Noelle <http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg> > Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2023 12:34:18 -0700 (PDT) > > On Thu, 22 Jun 2023, robert wrote: > > > The core philosophies in our culture are so complete and cemented that it > > would be hard to break out of it. The belief that there has to be a > > male-dominated household is one of them. What's weird is that those who > > support capitalism don't realize that capitalism doesn't care who is the > > bread winner, whether it is a white person or a black person, whether it > > is male or female or something else. Keeping one's thinking so far within > > no, I think capitalism does care, Actually, I disagree. I think capitalists care, but I don't think capitalism itself cares. For example, I don't think the disparity in women's earnings is the invisible hand telling women that they should just stay home; I think this is completely socially-constructed entity. > because if they keep women at home > for social /reproduction that supports the breadwinner(women taking > care of children, elders, cooking the food for everyone,cleaning the > home). now it's even worse with women working outside the home and > they still have the second shift of household work, for the most > part. And then there is the nostalgia for mom at home ideal for some > sectors of the young man cohort unfortunately.