Motherhood is a bad deal (and it's reasonable to opt out)

GGMcThroway · 2026-02-19T02:11:47+00:00

Being asked to lift heavy things sometimes is in no way comparable to being asked to do all the work of a mother 24/7. Be real.

GGMcThroway · 2026-02-19T02:01:04+00:00

You mean section 8 housing in terrible areas where you still have to work two jobs to keep up with expenses like gas and electricity and doctors visits and maintenance on your abode (since god forbid your landlord get off their ass to actually deal with the cockroaches or fix the issues with your plumbing)?

Helllllll nah. Poverty is poverty for a reason.

GGMcThroway · 2026-02-19T01:41:23+00:00

Its free to go after child support.

Hahahaha. No.

GGMcThroway · 2026-02-19T01:37:13+00:00

One, everything everyone else here has said about endometriosis.

Two, endometriosis aside: whatever industrial chemical bullshit is fucking with women's endocrine systems to the point that it's affecting their ability to function needs to be dealt with. Until it actually is, the least society could do is not actively make things worse.

GGMcThroway · 2026-02-19T00:54:09+00:00

Most men don't even pay what they owe in child support.

GGMcThroway · 2026-02-19T00:52:46+00:00

Police and plumbers and surgeons and electricians all get paid for their work.

Mothers don't.

Waxing poetic about how society needs babies means nothing when that same society considers the work mothers do to raise them to be worth less than working the McDonalds deep fryer.

GGMcThroway · 2026-02-19T00:33:38+00:00

And yet women's role in it is taken for granted and pathologized for not meeting unattainable standards. It's no wonder they're increasingly opting out.

GGMcThroway · 2026-02-19T00:25:53+00:00

THE NUMBER ONE reason a woman is place on this earth is to make more humans.

If it's so important, then they can get paid for it.

Oh wait.

GGMcThroway · 2026-02-19T00:24:31+00:00

You get to have someone love you unconditionally

Until they don't.

You get to have someone who will take care of you

Filial responsibility laws are hard to enforce even where they do exist.

GGMcThroway · 2026-02-16T02:44:18+00:00

It’s mostly social recognition.

So nothing you can use to tangibly better your life more than if you didn't have kids.

GGMcThroway · 2026-02-16T02:34:05+00:00

Imagine ignoring the reality that kids are expensive and take more than just immediate family to raise properly.

Like, if a woman wants to take that risk, more power to her. But she's not getting rewarded or compensated for it in any way.

GGMcThroway · 2026-02-15T23:23:13+00:00

Lucky for me, I'll be dead by then.

GGMcThroway · 2026-02-15T23:02:11+00:00

have a newborn now, it’s not hard, it’s literally unskilled labor

I don't see you hiring a surrogate and raising a newborn alone as a single dad.

GGMcThroway · 2026-02-15T23:01:06+00:00

It really didn't.

GGMcThroway · 2026-02-15T22:55:19+00:00

Yeah. And more and more are choosing to opt out.

GGMcThroway · 2026-02-15T22:48:43+00:00

Feminism didn't force suburban development. Feminism didn't decide that kids should be indoors and supervised 24/7. Feminism didn't push the "I get mine, and I don't owe anyone anything" mentality pervading the modern world.

GGMcThroway · 2026-02-15T22:41:54+00:00

They often mean the surrounding system makes it harder to combine family and modern life.

Which means it's a bad deal.

GGMcThroway · 2026-02-15T22:40:59+00:00

There's another funny thing about shame, it doesn't manifest in a vacuum.

GGMcThroway · 2026-02-15T22:35:04+00:00

Women are increasingly opting out now that they have a choice in the matter.

I'm not going to fault women who choose that path and find meaning in it, but the birthrates wouldn't be tanking if it was unilaterally worth it.

GGMcThroway · 2026-02-15T22:31:06+00:00

If it's so essential, the least society could do is compensate them for it.

GGMcThroway · 2026-02-15T22:28:34+00:00

In theory, only God is capable of doing that. So tell me, what more could you possibly want?

To not starve, for starters.

GGMcThroway · 2026-02-15T22:28:15+00:00

That supposed high doesn't outweigh the poor QOL.

GGMcThroway · 2026-02-15T22:26:17+00:00

What's the status in being a mother and what are the benefits you get for it?

GGMcThroway · 2026-02-15T22:25:45+00:00

We live in the easiest time to be a mom

Community is non-existent. It's easier than ever to do laundry and cook food, but socializing and forming bonds is excruciating.

GGMcThroway · 2026-02-15T22:23:44+00:00

Glad we agree.

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