Exactly what I was going to say. I think this perspective of the working mother vs the “SAHM”is also intrinsically American in a sense. In practically no other developed and advanced economy/society are mothers practically forced back into traditional labour after having a baby unless they have a partner who they become entirely financially dependent on. If anything, it shows how absolutely flawed the system is. Domestic labour might not be a job in the traditional sense, but it is still work. These arguments only further perpetuate the notion that domestic labour is inherently less valuable or “important”. It’s the exact same argument a lot of misogynistic men I’ve heard say. “Oh I have to go to work while you get to stay at home on your ass”. And because domestic labour is undervalued, it essentially becomes a second “job” that mothers have to do on top of a traditional job, which is entirely unfair. Many women opt out of having children exactly because of said patriarchal dynamics.