What incentives would support women in embracing motherhood?

[MzAsh]

In today’s era, with many women choosing career growth over traditional roles like motherhood, concerns about declining birth rates are escalating.

Given this shift, what real incentives and solid support do you think are key in making motherhood appealing to women again?

What specific changes need to happen for these roles to continually be as satisfying and rewarding as pursuing career goals?

[AviatorTom]

This will sound counterproductive, and I expect some disagreement...

Rather than trying to make women's and men's pay equal for the same job, which feminists have pushed for, let's make women's pay only 50% of what a man currently gets for the same job, and increase the man's pay by 25%. This would pay for itself, would discourage women from working and, instead, encourage them to stay home and have children, while making it possible for the couple to survive on just the man's income. If they wanted to, women could still work, at less pay.

[lil_will_12]

Yeah imma have to hard disagree 💀
So, yes, this would disturbingly work to meet the end goal; less money from jobs would severely discourage having a job. But there's at least 2 things heavily wrong with this.

1: women are smart and thankfully are very educated today, if you cut their pay that drastically, they would no doubt fight back, and not let that happen.

2: the idea is essentially taking everything women fought for, for womens rights, and would be taking a step back💀 as a man, that may be fine to you, but that is not something that is either okay, or something women want.

[DrPepper12]

Simply insane and impractical and not a solution

[MzAsh]

If any woman is foolish enough to fall for that, do you really want her raising the next generation? Respectfully… what are you thinking?

[bowenw]

Paid maternity leaves for at least a year with a guarantee they can return to the same job with no loss of seniority or pension consequences. Work from home options. Affordable daycare. Taxation benefits.

[msmissydc]

I agree but we also need the same for paternity leave, because otherwise cooperations will find a way, to still penalize women for wanting the option to use maternity leave.

[bowenw]

@msmissydc Agreed.

[MzAsh]

We also need paternity leave because fatherhood involvement and care for the child and mom is just as important as motherhood involvement.

[msmissydc]

I agree with that as well. There are a lot of reasons for Men Taking paternity leave. I just named that one because the question was specified for incentives towards women.

[DrPepper12]

100% yes!!! ❤️

[bowenw]

Thank you for the MHO. 😊

[Smashingdoozy]

Universal healthcare, subsidized child care, maternity and paternity leave, more sustainable living costs in general

[Daniela1982]

Doesn't do any good to have kids and a career if your marriage goes to shit and you find yourself a single mother.

[Grond21]

I think certain tax breaks for having kids, particularly with a married father and mother, would be excellent. And if you had enough kids you would get significant tax breaks.

A better adoption system, where the adoption process is faster and easier, but there is more scrutiny after the adoption takes place to make sure a mistake wasn't made.

Foster care needs a major overall. I'm not sure how to fix it, but it is a big problem that takes advantage of children.

We need places that are specifically designed for families with children to play, gather, Etc

[Unit1]

An interesting question in times, where the average person today is struggling just to get by, not getting evicted and having breakfast.

The only thing I can think of is if mothers get rewarded for having multiple kids in such manner, that they're having the choice of getting housed cheaply in good conditions in government designated living spaces (not shitty cockroach infested and permanently stained commie blocks!). But that is not feasible. For one, daddy gov is too greedy. Secondly, the tax payers are gonna have a field day with protests. There are more than enough brokies popping kids they can't feed. Just take a look at my parents. I still don't get to have breakfast at 30 years as a software engineer.

[CupcakeTheDestroyer]

Higher pay, free childcare, minimum of one year maternity leave — this is literally what all women who want to be mothers say they need in order to be mothers and say this financial deficit is the biggest reason why they haven’t. That’s all.

[turnpost]

Job creation, Job earning and learning oppurtunities.

less competition, Once a person has a job they are able to date and support a partner.

That suportive partner can support a mother. Job stability regulation and assistance on jobs is everything honestly

[DJB72]

Being able to buy a home off a single paycheck without worrying about affordability.

[findacure4wokeness]

Making a man's wage more than enough to be able to raise a large family and pay off a house so the women can afford to be a stay at home mum. Destroying feminism and other ideologies that devalues of honorable house wife image.

[MzAsh]

How exactly does giving men more money and power make motherhood more appealing to women in today’s diverse and multifaceted society?

[exitseven]

We need to have a society where people can have a good standard of living on only one income and motherhood has to be viewed as an important role.

[DrPepper12]

Hey I got a crazy idea!! Paid maternity and paternity leave! Affordable child care! Medicare for all!

[slatyb]

Why does a woman have to choose only one? No one asks a man to choose.

[Nikki1989]

I think many couples can't afford to have kids these days.

[Ariesman81]

Praise women who chose to be mothers. Remove the stigma that they are somehow less than a career woman.

[MzAsh]

How can we celebrate and honor these moms? What specific steps can remove the stigma?

[Ariesman81]

Difficult question. I believe it starts with an attitude shift. Women need to stop instilling the fear of men into young girls. Men need to teach boys how to provide for their future wives. Church and religion comes to mind.

[MzAsh]

What specific policies, like enhanced maternity and paternity leave, do you think are essential to support women in motherhood? Can you think of ways that men can actively support their wives beyond financial provision to help balance the demands of motherhood and career aspirations?

[Ariesman81]

No... I'm actually advocating for women to do less. So my support would come in the form of telling her to go sit down and let me handle the man's role.

[MzAsh]

It’s great to see support for women doing less, and for men to take on the role of provider in fuller ways. Moms definitely need their time to rest, or to go do the leisurely activities they enjoy, while dad manages the family at home.

[Ariesman81]

Yeah. But I gotta take a shit first.

[TrustOfWorthington]

Financial support and recognition for motherhood as an important reason for being very very busy and emotionally distraught (at times).

[LiamJHayden]

Tax incentives. Too often in today's economy, two incomes are necessary

[RedInnocent69]

Um, paid mat leave.

[TallAnon]

Money

[eagle1951]

wanting kids

[MzAsh]

What else?