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Yeah, Utah is a great example of this. Very much pushed to marry young have kids young and put education off.
My mom came from the latter background of what many are still currently fighting. And while there was an expectation that I would go to college, etc (things she never had the choice to have), she also (not intentionally) placed a lot of importance on marriage, having children, and a lot of the things you mentioned. So I grew up with this idea of needing to meet both traditional and feminist expectations to be considered a successful woman. Even when you break away from it, those expectations hold on tight, and can seep into your expectations of younger generations in ways you don’t realize. Breaking those cycles takes a lot of support and time, for the woman herself, and for the generations that follow her.
Sexism ruins everything.
My boomer mom and dad were awesome. I got to take my dad to a Bernie rally back when he could still walk and stand for long periods of time. I miss them so much. I know they’d be heartbroken at the state of the country right now. My mom got to vote but didn’t have to see the results.
I know this wasn’t the point, but you mentioned progressive parents and I needed to talk about them. My mom’s death is still so fresh.
Felt.
I wish Dad was here, everyday. Not just for my own reasons but also just so that he was able to enjoy things. But I know that the state of the world and the country right now would enrage and depress the hell out of him.
I was born into a republican family. Dad worked for the FBI and another 3 letter agency along with my Mother after leaving the bureau. We lived abroad as US Diplomats in a developing country in Central America. It changes you when you see the world outside the bubble that is the U.S. We are now, overall, an open-minded progressive-ish liberal leaning (albeit still left-centrist) family. They are proud of their feminist daughter and feminist son. The journey for my folks was a long one but thankfully, they got there.
All the way back to my grandmother, she was already one of the main breadwinners of her family, and then my mom was the main breadwinner too (and a stay at home dad), and having that really put me ahead to developing certain views about gender and gender roles that I know some women the same age as me are still unpacking to this day. (And on a related note both my parents and my grandparents had children a little later compared to their peers)
I was raised christian fundamentalist without those options. And honestly, thank you for saying all this.