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Originally posted by iStanGaga
A) It is true that there are mothers and fathers that work in coordination with one another, but you gave a hasty generalization to prove this claim: "in my home country, my mother and father worked RIGOROUSLY despite not being in the middle class," then accused me of doing it.
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Anecdote to prove your generalization that the "most commonly known way of survival is still for the male to seek work and the female to take care of the responsibilities at home" is the end all for all families in poverty to aspire to is false.
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B) Of course gender roles and poverty are not mutually exclusive; that's what I've been saying all along. Gender roles are important because of factors like poverty.
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This is problematic because it implies that women are the ones that are supposed to stay bound to the household while their spouses work, and that is ignoring the reality of the situation. Let's take a look at China, for example:
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In China, the employment rate of mothers (age 25-34) with children under the age of 6 is 72.0%
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Despite its budding economy and development as a world power, it is still stricken with poverty. Despite this, households with two parents still work in coordination with each other to pay their expenses. Meaning, your claim that the roles of caretaker and laborer are not as established as you think they are even in lesser developed countries.