Patriarchy – You are a nothing

How We Devalue A Woman Who ‘Put Her Career On Hold Over A Husband And Children’

May 23, 2022May 23, 2022 hgopinathanLeave a comment

If homemaking is not career enough, then the question that needs asking is why do we only value those things that can be monetarily quantified, and which women were deliberately kept out of for centuries? https://www.womensweb.in/2022/05/devaluing-work-of-homemaker-and-sahm-career-on-hold-may22wk3sr/

You are a nothing, my daughter accused me at age 4, when she found out at school that all her classmates’ mother’s had jobs that gave them important titles like banker, doctor, teacher. And such a blessing that has turned out to be that I don’t have one thing that defines me and nothingness offers me the space to be a homeschooling parent, an artist, a writer, story teller, a crocheter and everything else that comes with the territory of being a stay-at -home mom. Being a nothing keeps me out of trouble.