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🗓️ 11 November 2021
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Motherhood has never been easy. But compared to today, our own mothers’ experience was a walk in the park. Suzanne discusses the truth about why motherhood is so damn hard today—and why it doesn't have to be.
IN THIS EPISODE:
1:40 Suzanne reads a viral Facebook post about “what society expects from women/mothers"
8:40 It used to be understood that mothers were an integral part of society
9:30 Men and women react differently to raising children
10:10 The ability to nurture is in a woman’s DNA
10:30 Mothers belong with their children
11:05 Median household income growth occurred when women went to work
12:30 Mothers are responsible for the emotional well-being of our citizens
13:15 Women need support to enjoy motherhood
14:10 Leaning out is an option if your husband is a steady breadwinner
16:00 Think outside the box and get away from what other people around you are doing
16:50 You have to sacrifice, but the payoff is huge
18:15 Covid has taught Americans that they CAN live on less
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0:00.0 | From the magnificent Midwest, it's the Suzanne Benker Show, where men and women are equal in value, but wildly different by nature. Join us here every week as we challenge the culture's hugely flawed narratives on men, women, sex, and love. |
0:23.3 | From coast to coast and from around the world, thank you for joining us. |
0:29.2 | So motherhood has never been easy. |
0:33.3 | But compared to today, our own mother's experience was a walk in the park. |
0:39.6 | Case in point. |
0:41.5 | I recall a friend who told me how her working mom friends are stressed to the max trying to get |
0:46.9 | dinner on the table every night. |
0:49.5 | And when she brought this to her mother's attention, her mother reminded her that in her day, |
0:53.8 | mothers weren't responsible for working a full-time job in addition to getting dinner on the table. |
1:00.4 | Getting a healthy dinner on the table was the job, or at least a big part of the job. |
1:08.3 | To give you an idea of what the modern mother's experience today is like, I'll read from a 2019 Facebook post from Mother of Three Sarah Buckley Friedberg. |
1:21.3 | She created a mock to-do list of what she claims society expects of mothers today and it went viral big time. |
1:30.3 | I'm going to read a little bit of it now. It's rather long, so I won't read the entire thing, |
1:35.3 | but you will definitely get the gist of it. |
1:39.3 | Society to working moms. Go back to work six to eight weeks after having a baby. The baby that |
1:49.1 | you spent nine to ten months growing inside of your body. Go back to work before you have finished |
1:54.7 | healing or have had time to bond with your baby. Keep your mind on work and not your tiny, |
2:00.1 | helpless baby that is being watched and cared |
2:02.1 | for by someone other than you. Make sure to break the glass ceiling and excel at your job. You |
2:07.8 | can do anything a man can do. It's your job to show society this. Show the world that women |
2:13.1 | can do it all. Rise to the top of your career. Also, breastfeed for at least a year. So take |
2:20.7 | two to three pumping breaks a day at work, but don't let it throw you off your game or you'll lose your |
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