My thought is there really isn't a need to monetize creating and caring for the next generation in the home. Might be a need for those like the OP to not make sweeping 'observations' on 50 some people one day on a beach....
Might be, many prefer to say generational wealth, building a launch pad for their children to have it better off. I believe delayed gratification might have a religiuos basis- we used to say "Your reward will come in heaven coz ya ain't gettin' shit here!"...
Every job ive had men and women were paid the same for the same work.
It is not sexism. Fathers stay at home to watch the kids too... although not as much.
It 100% relates to biology. Women were always the stay in the village, watch and nurture the kids while the moms multi-task the shit out of the village and the men are off on on task... hunt for food. Fast forward to today and women still stay at home... the nurturers and the men go out and do their one task... provide for the family buy working (today's version of hunting the mammoth.).
Yes, that's a similar scenario to the union situation I mentioned.
Whut? Simple observations usually generate the worst results.
Nobody says they are exactly the same. Your simple observations are not really robust enough to come to an accurate conclusion.
Taken to the extreme, and humanity would go extinct. Not a reasonable solution.
I want it all? I don't know what that means. And, you are presuming 'raw capitalism' is the best we can do - and also neglecting who's perspectives were dominant in formulating raw capitalism.
Society is more than the economy. Is producing a widget truly more valuable to society then raising children?
Fantastic. How can there possibly be a problem with all the delightful anecdotes flowing through this thread.
Not as much being the key point. Also, like I said, it would be interesting to compare outcomes between stay-at-home parents of both genders.
In a community of hunters and gatherers, maybe that makes sense. We are no longer such, and your ideas are beyond antiquated. If you feel that capitalism makes it impossible to reward mothers (and fathers!) for caring for their children, I disagree, but think it is a somewhat tricky thing to solve, so it is a more mild disagreement. Your notion of what a modern family structure should be is ridiculous though.
That is not my notion of what the modern family should be... that is what the modern family is. I don't know where you live but everywhere I have lived men go to work when they are done with school and work until they die. Women have that choice but more often than not they start work later or take time off to have kids and after the kids are a little older they come back to work in a reduced or part time capacity.
The reasons have already been identified. Women that go into a profession like a man get paid the same amount of money for the same amount or work. This is a fact. A first year female teacher, cop or whatever makes the same as a first year male teacher, cop or whatever. IF a woman takes time off to have a kid that can adversely affect her due to a number or reasons, that are her choice. Often women go into fields that pay lower wages, get part time or even unpaid work. The work is not paid less because they are fields that attract women and women are free to go into different fields. This is just some of it and there is a lot more and much of it is nuanced.
Yeah.. people love throwing out anecdotes on here for some reason.
Of course not. But this has nothing to do with anything I posted. (really poor post from top to bottom.)
You can also look at it as women get the same amount of work done in less hours. After all there are goals to be met and they have to be meeting them to stay employedFactor in most women also take care of the household and family they manage amazing things in those 3.6 hours...
And you base that thesis on an afternoon at the beach?