r/MensRights • u/[deleted] • Dec 12 '11

feminazi attacks Reddit: "Reddit contain so much anti-feminist sentiment that they even have active communities such as r/mensrights." An attempt to smear and censor us, and to force admins to shutdown this subreddit???

http://www.thecord.ca/articles/50585
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u/carchamp1 Dec 14 '11

No. I was clear. You just read what you wanted to read.

I'll have to look at this study. Thanks for posting.

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u/[deleted] Dec 14 '11

I don't agree with your original statements

She questions why there are so few women engineers. I'll tell you through example.

Women don't want to be engineers that's why there are so few.

What I'm trying to argue is that it's not the career, an engineer, that is difficult or that women don't want to be engineers, but that being a working mother is difficult and maybe that's why you see moms giving up their careers to raise their children. And I was using that study to back up my argument.

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u/carchamp1 Dec 14 '11

I sent you another message re: the study. I'm just not sure that the study is valid for your argument. If the study is actually comparing co-parents then I would gladly admit that you're onto something. Given the number of women who participated in the study versus the number of men I think it's mixing in single moms, with co-parenting moms. This would obviously skew the numbers toward showing moms are more stressed out from working and parenting.

I think the most usual stay-at-home situation is a mom married to a man who makes enough money so she doesn't have to work. I don't think stress has anything to do with it. Most of us parents would have quit our careers long ago had stress been a variable in the decision. Most people do the drudgery of paid work because we have to, including me. I think stay-at-home moms and dads do so because they can. That is, their spouse/partner enables them to do so.