84% Of Women Polled Say They Don't Even Want To Work At All. Uh, So Why Do We Even HAVE Feminism?

Mekisteus · 2014-10-18T17:45:28+00:00

What a ridiculous paraphrasing. The actual quote from the article:

"...according to our survey, 84% of working women told ForbesWoman and TheBump that staying home to raise children is a financial luxury they aspire to."

They're not saying they don't want jobs. They're saying that they wish that they were wealthy enough to not need a job so that they could afford to stay home with their kids. Hardly the same thing.

In fact, I bet most men would also rather spend their days with their kids than go to work, if money weren't an issue.

Funcuz · 2014-10-19T00:05:51+00:00

Let's be fair here : Would YOU rather work or stay home if given the choice ? I'd love to stay home every day whether it was to take care of kids or just be a lazy pig.

Of course, let's face it, that's not really an option for us but , well, that's not what the OP's headline said.

TracyMorganFreeman · 2014-10-18T17:47:11+00:00

It's a poll of only 1000 women on two very specific websites, nothing about this is scientific.

jojotmagnifficent · 2014-10-18T21:50:12+00:00

Title is bad, they want to have the financial luxury to stay home to raise kids, likely they would prefer working if they have no kids.

But really you are really picking the wrong point here, just one line lower it quotes another figure

one in three resent their partner for not earning enough to make that dream a reality.

Now THAT is fucked up. that 30% of women should be dumped right fucken now.

As for the rest of the article... duh? Living off someone else's work has always been the easiest and most comfortable way to live, why would you intentionally give your self less free time while having to work harder if you don't have to? Guys have been asking feminists this for years but strangely feminists seem completely baffled by the idea. It's ironic that men seem to understand what women want better than feminists do.

dungone · 2014-10-18T17:25:15+00:00

Because the other 16% don't want to get screwed over by the first group? /shrug

Ginger_1977 · 2014-10-18T18:36:27+00:00

because 84% of men don't want to work either

410LaxMD · 2014-10-18T21:23:26+00:00

Boo this misleading title

Chrispy3690 · 2014-10-18T19:12:38+00:00

“Sure, if my husband made so much money that I could spend time with the kids, still afford great vacations and maybe the occasional baby sitter to take a class or go out with friends, I’d be the first to sign up, ... So maybe while it’s a luxury I do think about, it’s not one I would want unless it was actually luxurious. I don’t want to be a stay at home mom who clips coupons or plans her weekly menu to make ends meet… If that’s the case, I’d gladly go on working to avoid that fate.”

Wow... entitled much?

JackBadass · 2014-10-18T17:51:38+00:00

Let's be fair. I'm sure most guys don't want to work, either. We do, though, because we're not leaches on society.

Avannar · 2014-10-19T03:41:30+00:00

Well, for what it's worth, nearly all women I know personally wish they could still be housewives for a living. But I do live in the southern US.

enigmatic91 · 2014-10-18T19:06:47+00:00

I'm sure most of us guys don't want to work either. haha

Also, I really wish this Reddit was moderated in a different way. How can we be taken serious if most of the articles we post are to attack women? (mostly in a passive aggressive/indirect way, but it still happens) It's exactly what they want us to do so we can be discredited.

Lrellok · 2014-10-18T18:49:35+00:00

bourgeois upper middle class women want to exploit workers directly instead of having to exploit them vicariously through their husbands.

Wow, i just read the article; "one in three resent their partner for not earning enough to make that dream a reality."

OKEY and now i get to sound off. I have shown already, and will continue to show that the reason male pay has fallen is the increase in workers due to the influx of women into the labor market. In short, ladies, YOU are the reason your spouse cannot afford the life style you would like to become accustomed to. nice job.

xNOM · 2014-10-18T17:34:38+00:00

So that people will be afraid to say that it's a fucking waste to train M.D.s and PhDs to become full-time mommies.

50PercentLies · 2014-10-19T02:49:44+00:00

Why Are All The Words In Your Title Capitalized They Constitute Two Sentences.

Pr0tius · 2014-10-25T02:12:34+00:00

So long story short, women are never happy.

ifelsedowhile · 2014-10-18T17:46:39+00:00

to trick them into working, spreading nonsense like men are stashing their male gold somewhere unbeknowst to women (wage gap). this productive system needs a workforce inclusive of both men and women so there you have feminism, the ideology manufactured to make women fully enter the workforce.

aegorrivers · 2014-10-18T18:12:04+00:00

My family could have afforded to live on a single income, but my parents both chose to work, and our family income doubled, which afforded all of the children excellent educational opportunities. In terms of which college I attended, I'm much better off than many of my peers. I would not have had it any other way Why? Because 1. I was forced to learn how to do basic things like laundry and cook, which does wonders in college and saves money 2. I learned how to manage my siblings because I babysat them and 3. I have no intention of ever being a slave or a packhorse for some cheating woman who will then force me to pay alimony to fund her cuckoldry. I don't understand what this traditionalist nonsense about how two working parent households are failures is about. My parents both contributed to housework and outside work and pulled it off together quite well. If some people can't handle that, that's their problem, but I will not agree with nonsense that forces me to subsidize lying and cheating and marrying an uneducated, lazy farce.

TheRabid · 2014-10-19T05:04:52+00:00

Even if women didn't want to work, are you saying that some of the ideals that feminism espouses (not the more radical parts of it) is wrong? Isn't equality good?

aegorrivers · 2014-10-18T17:41:12+00:00

LOL, so do you really want to be back to the age where you're paying for a lazy, overgrown child to sit at home all day and most likely cheat on you? I'm not a packhorse, a donkey, or a slave. Women need to work just like men do.

Title	84% Of Women Polled Say They Don't Even Want To Work At All. Uh, So Why Do We Even HAVE Feminism?
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Date	October 18, 2014 5:23 PM UTC (11 years ago)
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