I know. She did some work on me last night.
Why are things “shocking” at this point? The US doesn’t offer any paid maternal leave. Report after report notes how much inflation and stagnant wages are impacting the average person. Follow the logic and this is an expected conclusion.
Wasn’t that a huge point of the feminist revolution? To get women out of the kitchen (ie, out of their homes, away from where their children are) and into the office?
The choice to do so, yes. Not the material conditions that make it absolutely necessary for both parents to work full time just to stay afloat.
When you double supply, the value of each unit of supply goes down. This exact situation was predicted.
That’s only true if demand remains constant. It’s also an incredibly cynical way to look at the labor market. This is a result of the continuing gutting of the middle class and concentration of wealth in the hands of an ever shrinking pool of the ultra wealthy. The answer to why it’s no longer possible to support yourself on the pay of the majority of jobs even working full time isn’t “too many workers”, it’s the leeches at the top taking the majority of the profits.
