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[–]jet199 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (5 children)

It doesn't really matter what she wrote.

For most women the choice is an economic one.

They can't afford to have kids on one salary.

They can't even afford to have kids on one good salary and one crap one.

So women have to work and they have to work their way up the greasy pole to get a good wage which means they don't have free time and aren't meeting as many people.

Otherwise the only answer is to throw yourself on the state and live on benefits. Then you can pop out as many kids as you want but it means your agency is taken away and you get less if your relationship is stable.

I mean most millennials won't ever be able to afford a house and of course kids cost a lot more. I doubt the younger generation are any better off. They are even more socially isolated.

I've even see old feminists say "while we were busy arguing about whether stay at home motherhood was good or bad the choice was removed out from under us."

[–]Yin 5 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 3 fun -  (4 children)

Poverty is a state of mind. Generations in the past had less and did more better.

They can't afford to have kids on one salary.

That's one of the lies fed to people.

[–]aabubakr 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Poverty is a state of mind.

true, starvation is a state of mind. i have gone without food for almost ten days, and i can promise you that it is indeed a state of mind.

have you ever been hungry, yin?

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    [–]aabubakr 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

    oh, now you want to think tank.. about something that you know nothing about..

    Being poor isn't the same thing as having no food.

    have you ever met rich people that have nothing to eat for dinner?

    rich means that you have more than you need, while poor means that you dont have enough.

    extreme rich can not spend all of his money even if he tries.

    extreme poor means that you have no food.

    i asked you if you have ever gone hungry.