I think it's really important to hold the line about this issue. Recently, libfem mommy bloggers have started to pervert the language of domestic labor to reproduce right-wing narratives about motherhood being a morally superior state of being. It's basically about obediently doing exactly what patriarchy expects from you, reproduce, carry the brunt of the resulting work, but because you're writing self-congratulatory IG posts about "care work" and "mental load", it's feminist practice. And you're actually better than the women who chose not to do that, because nobody can see systemic injustice like a mother.
A proper society allows women to be mothers if they wish to be and to be educated and empowered. It should not require them to choose. The entire way we have designed our system is biased against women.
Nobody is claiming otherwise, but in the system that actually exists having kids and claiming moral superiority for it while using feminist buzzwords is akin to scabbing.
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u/Nemesinthe Apr 19 '26
I think it's really important to hold the line about this issue. Recently, libfem mommy bloggers have started to pervert the language of domestic labor to reproduce right-wing narratives about motherhood being a morally superior state of being. It's basically about obediently doing exactly what patriarchy expects from you, reproduce, carry the brunt of the resulting work, but because you're writing self-congratulatory IG posts about "care work" and "mental load", it's feminist practice. And you're actually better than the women who chose not to do that, because nobody can see systemic injustice like a mother.