Yikes! Even if women are taking jobs previously occupied by men, is this guy suggesting we should therefore go back to treating women as inferior? Glad you pointed out this craziness. Thanks!
Thanks for the clarification, Billionaire Psycho! So am I understanding that your criticisms about feminism are not about subordinating women, but about the current situation where families are forced to have two incomes to maintain a household and society is suffering because of it?
Rebekah I wrote a 17,000 word Substack outlining the problems of sexuality, modern dating, and the aspirations of romance.
Feminism has been a disaster by any standard.
I'm sure you would agree with me that we want the same ambitions, which is to find the love of our life, embrace a passionate, sexual, and emotionally fulfilling romance with someone who deeply understands us, respects us, cares about us, and inspires us to reach towards our wildest dreams.
The Life of a #GirlBoss is sterile, deeply unsatisfying, and involves repeated heartbreak.
I believe in recognizing human impulses, imperfections, and instincts in order to set families up for success.
You will probably agree with me that product advertisements you see on Television regularly overhype what they are selling, and when you purchase a burger, a car, a vacation, it rarely lives up to the promised Idealization you are sold in the media.
I would suggest the same critique towards feminism.
Feminism promises that women can have it ALL — a fun, profitable, prestigious career PLUS a sexy, handsome, charming husband PLUS a beautiful, healthy, enthusiastic, affectionate family PLUS the convenience of a work-life balance.
This is a lie.
It's an intentional deceit.
When you analyze the lives of modern women, only a few of them are living the dream they were promised.
"It’s not a surprise then that the end result of the Sexual Revolution and its concomitant movement, Women’s Liberation, have left us in a situation of social free fall. As women have poured out of the nurseries and into institutions, the broad credibility of these institutions have collapsed. The three least feminized institutions, the police, the military, and small business (which can’t be bullied into hiring unqualified women by discriminatory anti-male legislation), are the only institutions that still have broad social support. Though as we have seen with the recruitment crisis after the military began instituting the new female crusade, Wokeness, they too will fall unless we change course.
Women’s full participation in the workplace is so profoundly at odds with human flourishing that dynamic capitalist South Korea will not demographically survive the 21st century. Meanwhile, authoritarian, poverty-stricken North Korea marches on into the future. This should give us pause.
We have instituted a regime of discrimination against men at all levels of society. Rather than have sex-segregated schools staffed with men capable of dealing with young boys specific developmental and educational needs, we drug them with powerful stimulants that have lifelong negative health consequences. Sorry, Jimmy, you’ve just got too much energy and it’s stressing out Miss Lady. You have to take meth every morning or you can’t go to school."
It's not my fault you don't understand basic economics.
Supply-demand relationship.
When you double the supply of labor (adding women to the workforce), you cut in half the value of wages. Families work twice as many hours to earn the same amount of money.
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Elizabeth Warren makes this argument in her book "The Two Income Trap". Quotation Below:
of these families sent two parents into the workforce.
By the usual logic, sending a second parent into the workforce
should make a family more financially secure, not less. But this reasoning ignores an important fact of two-income life. When mothers
joined the workforce, the family gave up something of considerable
(although unrecognized) economic value: an extra skilled and dedicated adult, available to pitch in to help save the family during times
of emergency. When Junior got sick, the stay-at-home mother was
there to care for him full-time, without the need to hire a nurse. If
Dad was laid off, Mom could enter the workforce, bringing in a new income until Dad found another job. And if the couple divorced, the
mother who had not been working outside the home could get a job
and add new income to support her children. The stay-at-home
mother gave her family a safety net, an all-purpose insurance policy
against disaster.
If two-income families had saved the second paycheck, they would
have built a different kind of safety net—the kind that comes from
having plenty of money in the bank. But families didn't save that
money. Even as millions of mothers marched into the workforce, savings declined, and not, as we will show, because families were frittering away their paychecks on toys for themselves or their children. Instead, families were swept up in a bidding war, competing furiously
with one another for their most important possession: a house in a decent school district. As confidence in the school system crumbled, the
bidding war for family housing intensified, and parents soon found
themselves bidding up the price for other opportunities for their kids,
such as a slot in a decent preschool or admission to a good college.
Mom's extra income fit in perfectly, coming at just the right time to
give each family extra ammunition to compete in the bidding wars—
and to drive the prices even higher for the things they all wanted.
The average two-income family earns far more today than did the
single-breadwinner family of a generation ago. And yet, once they
have paid the mortgage, the car payments, the taxes, the health insurance, and the day-care bills, today's dual-income families have less
discretionary income—and less money to put away for a rainy day—
than the single-income family of a generation ago. And so the TwoIncome Trap has been neatly sprung. Mothers now work two jobs, at
home and at the office. And yet they have less cash on hand. Mom's
paycheck has been pumped directly into the basic costs of keeping
the children in the middle class." —Elizabeth Warren, The Two-Income Trap
"The Two-Income Trap is thick with irony. Middle-class mothers
went into the workforce in a calculated effort to give their families an
economic edge. Instead, millions of them are now in the workplace
just so their families can break even. At a time when women are getting college diplomas and entering the workforce in record numbers,
their families are in more financial trouble than ever. Partly these
women were the victims of bad timing: Despite general economic
prosperity, the risks facing their families jumped considerably. Partly
they were the victims of optimistic myopia: They saw the rewards a
working mother could bring, without seeing the risks associated with
that newfound income. And partly they were the victims of one another. As millions of mothers poured into the workplace, it became
increasingly difficult to put together a middle-class life on a single income. The combination has taken these women out of the home and away from their children and simultaneously made family life less,
not more, financially secure. Todays middle-class mother is trapped:
She can't afford to work, and she can't afford to quit." —Elizabeth Warren, The Two-Income Trap
Likewise, MSNBC reports, "Women are contributing more to their families’ income than ever before. In fact, according to a new study by UBS, nearly one-third of American women in heterosexual relationships now earn more money than their spouse or partner."
CNBC adds, "In almost half of opposite-sex marriages in the U.S., women are now earning the same as their husbands — or out-earning them, by an average of $53,000.
Although men are still the breadwinners in most households, the share of women making just as much or more than their husbands has nearly tripled in the last 50 years, a new Pew Research Center survey has found.
Spouses are earning the same income in nearly one-third, or 29%, of opposite-sex marriages, a significant jump from just 11% in 1972. In egalitarian marriages, men and women’s earnings are almost identical: In 2022, the median earnings for wives in such marriages was $60,000, while husbands earned $62,000.
About 16% of opposite-sex marriages in the U.S. have a breadwinner wife, up from 5% five decades earlier, Pew reports. When the wife is the breadwinner, however, her median earnings are about $88,000 per year, while her husband’s are roughly $35,000, less than 40% of her income.
Comparatively, in marriages where the husband is the primary provider, wives earn a median of $30,000, while husbands earn a median $96,000. "
The comments are something.
Yikes! Even if women are taking jobs previously occupied by men, is this guy suggesting we should therefore go back to treating women as inferior? Glad you pointed out this craziness. Thanks!
Refer to my comments Rebekah, this guy doesn't know what he's talking about.
Thanks for the clarification, Billionaire Psycho! So am I understanding that your criticisms about feminism are not about subordinating women, but about the current situation where families are forced to have two incomes to maintain a household and society is suffering because of it?
Rebekah I wrote a 17,000 word Substack outlining the problems of sexuality, modern dating, and the aspirations of romance.
Feminism has been a disaster by any standard.
I'm sure you would agree with me that we want the same ambitions, which is to find the love of our life, embrace a passionate, sexual, and emotionally fulfilling romance with someone who deeply understands us, respects us, cares about us, and inspires us to reach towards our wildest dreams.
The Life of a #GirlBoss is sterile, deeply unsatisfying, and involves repeated heartbreak.
I believe in recognizing human impulses, imperfections, and instincts in order to set families up for success.
You will probably agree with me that product advertisements you see on Television regularly overhype what they are selling, and when you purchase a burger, a car, a vacation, it rarely lives up to the promised Idealization you are sold in the media.
I would suggest the same critique towards feminism.
Feminism promises that women can have it ALL — a fun, profitable, prestigious career PLUS a sexy, handsome, charming husband PLUS a beautiful, healthy, enthusiastic, affectionate family PLUS the convenience of a work-life balance.
This is a lie.
It's an intentional deceit.
When you analyze the lives of modern women, only a few of them are living the dream they were promised.
https://billionairepsycho.substack.com/p/pygmalion-and-the-anime-girl
You should read Elizabeth Warren's book "The Two-Income Trap" to understand the economic implications.
Thanks for tagging me, your criticism is delusional. You don't cite any sources whereas I presented extensive proof.
Are you the reason this fag got recommended to me?
Substack probably goes based on interactions in a network and can't tell the difference between friendly or adversarial engagement
The same claim is made here:
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"It’s not a surprise then that the end result of the Sexual Revolution and its concomitant movement, Women’s Liberation, have left us in a situation of social free fall. As women have poured out of the nurseries and into institutions, the broad credibility of these institutions have collapsed. The three least feminized institutions, the police, the military, and small business (which can’t be bullied into hiring unqualified women by discriminatory anti-male legislation), are the only institutions that still have broad social support. Though as we have seen with the recruitment crisis after the military began instituting the new female crusade, Wokeness, they too will fall unless we change course.
Women’s full participation in the workplace is so profoundly at odds with human flourishing that dynamic capitalist South Korea will not demographically survive the 21st century. Meanwhile, authoritarian, poverty-stricken North Korea marches on into the future. This should give us pause.
We have instituted a regime of discrimination against men at all levels of society. Rather than have sex-segregated schools staffed with men capable of dealing with young boys specific developmental and educational needs, we drug them with powerful stimulants that have lifelong negative health consequences. Sorry, Jimmy, you’ve just got too much energy and it’s stressing out Miss Lady. You have to take meth every morning or you can’t go to school."
//
https://thecarousel.substack.com/p/blame-women
It's not my fault you don't understand basic economics.
Supply-demand relationship.
When you double the supply of labor (adding women to the workforce), you cut in half the value of wages. Families work twice as many hours to earn the same amount of money.
//
Elizabeth Warren makes this argument in her book "The Two Income Trap". Quotation Below:
"Most
of these families sent two parents into the workforce.
By the usual logic, sending a second parent into the workforce
should make a family more financially secure, not less. But this reasoning ignores an important fact of two-income life. When mothers
joined the workforce, the family gave up something of considerable
(although unrecognized) economic value: an extra skilled and dedicated adult, available to pitch in to help save the family during times
of emergency. When Junior got sick, the stay-at-home mother was
there to care for him full-time, without the need to hire a nurse. If
Dad was laid off, Mom could enter the workforce, bringing in a new income until Dad found another job. And if the couple divorced, the
mother who had not been working outside the home could get a job
and add new income to support her children. The stay-at-home
mother gave her family a safety net, an all-purpose insurance policy
against disaster.
If two-income families had saved the second paycheck, they would
have built a different kind of safety net—the kind that comes from
having plenty of money in the bank. But families didn't save that
money. Even as millions of mothers marched into the workforce, savings declined, and not, as we will show, because families were frittering away their paychecks on toys for themselves or their children. Instead, families were swept up in a bidding war, competing furiously
with one another for their most important possession: a house in a decent school district. As confidence in the school system crumbled, the
bidding war for family housing intensified, and parents soon found
themselves bidding up the price for other opportunities for their kids,
such as a slot in a decent preschool or admission to a good college.
Mom's extra income fit in perfectly, coming at just the right time to
give each family extra ammunition to compete in the bidding wars—
and to drive the prices even higher for the things they all wanted.
The average two-income family earns far more today than did the
single-breadwinner family of a generation ago. And yet, once they
have paid the mortgage, the car payments, the taxes, the health insurance, and the day-care bills, today's dual-income families have less
discretionary income—and less money to put away for a rainy day—
than the single-income family of a generation ago. And so the TwoIncome Trap has been neatly sprung. Mothers now work two jobs, at
home and at the office. And yet they have less cash on hand. Mom's
paycheck has been pumped directly into the basic costs of keeping
the children in the middle class." —Elizabeth Warren, The Two-Income Trap
"The Two-Income Trap is thick with irony. Middle-class mothers
went into the workforce in a calculated effort to give their families an
economic edge. Instead, millions of them are now in the workplace
just so their families can break even. At a time when women are getting college diplomas and entering the workforce in record numbers,
their families are in more financial trouble than ever. Partly these
women were the victims of bad timing: Despite general economic
prosperity, the risks facing their families jumped considerably. Partly
they were the victims of optimistic myopia: They saw the rewards a
working mother could bring, without seeing the risks associated with
that newfound income. And partly they were the victims of one another. As millions of mothers poured into the workplace, it became
increasingly difficult to put together a middle-class life on a single income. The combination has taken these women out of the home and away from their children and simultaneously made family life less,
not more, financially secure. Todays middle-class mother is trapped:
She can't afford to work, and she can't afford to quit." —Elizabeth Warren, The Two-Income Trap
Likewise, MSNBC reports, "Women are contributing more to their families’ income than ever before. In fact, according to a new study by UBS, nearly one-third of American women in heterosexual relationships now earn more money than their spouse or partner."
https://www.msnbc.com/know-your-value/out-of-office/more-women-are-out-earning-their-husbands-they-re-reluctant-n1305770
CNBC adds, "In almost half of opposite-sex marriages in the U.S., women are now earning the same as their husbands — or out-earning them, by an average of $53,000.
Although men are still the breadwinners in most households, the share of women making just as much or more than their husbands has nearly tripled in the last 50 years, a new Pew Research Center survey has found.
Spouses are earning the same income in nearly one-third, or 29%, of opposite-sex marriages, a significant jump from just 11% in 1972. In egalitarian marriages, men and women’s earnings are almost identical: In 2022, the median earnings for wives in such marriages was $60,000, while husbands earned $62,000.
About 16% of opposite-sex marriages in the U.S. have a breadwinner wife, up from 5% five decades earlier, Pew reports. When the wife is the breadwinner, however, her median earnings are about $88,000 per year, while her husband’s are roughly $35,000, less than 40% of her income.
Comparatively, in marriages where the husband is the primary provider, wives earn a median of $30,000, while husbands earn a median $96,000. "
//
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/04/20/more-women-are-out-earning-their-husbands-in-the-us.html
"All lives matter" is another