Subscriber chat: What do you think is the biggest misconception about mothers?
A monthly chat for subscribers
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I welcome comments on any topic, but here's the prompt I'm especially interested in this month: What do you think are the biggest misconceptions about mothers, especially in the feminist movement?
Here are some that drive me over the edge:
That mothers can’t be anything other than mothers. We can’t be activists, or sexual, or have careers.
That mothers are mindless drones who don’t think about their parenting decisions.
That mothers are irrelevant to feminism.
That mothers are spoiled and entitled, especially if they stay home with their kids. The reality is that stay at home mothers are the backbones of society, and they enable their partners to ascend the career ladder faster.
That mothers are excessively dependent on their kids.
That mothers create all issues in their kids (fathers are notably absent, and apparently not responsible for any damn thing).
Which do you see the most?
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I see a lot of mothers being reduced in personhood with mothers being blamed for kids’ issues regardless of whether it’s warranted a close second.
The misconception about mothers that affects my own life the most is “That mothers are spoiled and entitled, especially if they stay home with their kids.” I am not sure if the second part “Stay at home mothers are the backbones of society, and they enable their partners to ascend the career ladder faster.” is a rebuttal of that or you consider it another misconception, but I find it to be a true statement in my own life.