I think about all these things too and I have a lot of theories about why things are the way they are. But my question is what do we do about it? Why isn't it changing? I took a million women and politics classes in the 1990s and nothing has changed. And the fact that we just went through a pandemic when there was no school and employers did a lot of nothing to accommodate parents makes me wonder what it would take for change to happen.
I agree - I don't understand it either. It feels like the status quo isn't really working for ... anyone? But someone must be benefiting/profiting off it or else it wouldn't be so hard to budge, right? I think part of it (for me) is the challenge of articulating exactly WHAT needs to change, and then finding the right way to advocate for that.
I think about all these things too and I have a lot of theories about why things are the way they are. But my question is what do we do about it? Why isn't it changing? I took a million women and politics classes in the 1990s and nothing has changed. And the fact that we just went through a pandemic when there was no school and employers did a lot of nothing to accommodate parents makes me wonder what it would take for change to happen.
I agree - I don't understand it either. It feels like the status quo isn't really working for ... anyone? But someone must be benefiting/profiting off it or else it wouldn't be so hard to budge, right? I think part of it (for me) is the challenge of articulating exactly WHAT needs to change, and then finding the right way to advocate for that.