Sometimes patriarchy will say the quiet part out loud--HAVE BABIES FOR THE ECONOMY--while ignoring what many who do indeed want to have babies have long been saying out loud--YOUR ECONOMIC POLICIES HAVE MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR US TO TO HAVE BABIES #MothersDay
https://twitter.com/monaeltahawy/status/1391375123102502913
That drive to draft wombs into the service of producing workers is especially sharp in the United States of America and China, each vying for global leadership and each reeling from population decline and plummeting birth rates. feministgiant.com/p/unmothering #MothersDay
It is no exaggeration to say that the pandemic and the economic crisis it has triggered are a fucking disaster for women.
- About 22% (over 1 in 5) women in the U.S. have been pushed out of the labour force since the start of the pandemic.
- About 22% (over 1 in 5) women in the U.S. have been pushed out of the labour force since the start of the pandemic.
-42% of women with children under 2yrs old reported leaving the workforce during the pandemic.
-Mothers of children ages 6 to 17 saw employment fall by about 1/3 more than fathers of children same age
-Mothers are returning to work at a much slower rate. feministgiant.com/p/essay-a-time…
-Mothers of children ages 6 to 17 saw employment fall by about 1/3 more than fathers of children same age
-Mothers are returning to work at a much slower rate. feministgiant.com/p/essay-a-time…
- White women have recovered 61% of the jobs they lost during the pandemic by September - the most of any demographic group
- Black women have recovered only 34% of their lost jobs by then.
- Black women have recovered only 34% of their lost jobs by then.
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