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In reply to the discussion: "Women are expected to work like they have no children and parent like they have no job." [View all]LT Barclay
(3,212 posts)56. I think the biggest problem is the exploitative nature of work now.
Im working 45 hours because my workplace has found sneaky ways to get more than their share of my time, Im taking about 2 hours per day home, trying to care for a wife with stage 4 metastatic breast cancer, 2 adopted kids, and the job wants more out of me. The wannabe Nazi I work for has a favorite expression theres no excuse for..
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"Women are expected to work like they have no children and parent like they have no job." [View all]
Collimator
21 hrs ago
OP
One of the ridiculous daytime Dramas that could have wasted one's life away.
chouchou
15 hrs ago
#37
Yep. My mother won't bank with one of the major American banks because of a grudge related to that.
RockRaven
17 hrs ago
#31
I feel for you; I went thru the dementia caretaker twice. The first time was with my mother.
state of stupid
1 hr ago
#55
I mean...everyone is. It's just that women, for the most part, picked up the slack for some time, and now are not.
WhiskeyGrinder
19 hrs ago
#14
"Women are expected to work like they have no children and parent like they have no job."
DET
16 hrs ago
#34
"The mental load" women try to explain to men that they are carrying the mental load
BlueWaveNeverEnd
14 hrs ago
#39
Women marry a man with kids and are shocked when he shifts all child care to him
BlueWaveNeverEnd
1 hr ago
#57