tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509053156280655479.post2686717404052372099..comments2023-06-14T08:24:18.553-04:00Comments on The Feminist Underground: Stay-at-Home Mom Label: Applicable to Any Mother Who Works from Home?habladorahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01730183259272125337noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509053156280655479.post-22243465172037075302008-11-11T22:31:00.000-05:002008-11-11T22:31:00.000-05:00I completely agree with bri. I don't like the ter...I completely agree with bri. I don't like the term stay-at-home Mom, nor do I like the differentiation between working and non-working mothers. I feel like it's set up to be more about dividing us than uniting. Does a working woman who stays home for a few years become a stay-at-home mom even though she'll be back at work soon? I think we should avoid the labels all together.Jessicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00590540336794948058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509053156280655479.post-91127502549622585732008-11-11T15:10:00.000-05:002008-11-11T15:10:00.000-05:00I'm a work-from-home mom, in that I am at home wit...I'm a work-from-home mom, in that I am at home with my daughter, working for an outside employer. I find that a lot more descriptive for me than SAHM, which implies not other occupation (not that caretaking a child isn't enough in itself!).Victory Gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02882091221792875735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509053156280655479.post-47508543323876948272008-11-11T01:10:00.000-05:002008-11-11T01:10:00.000-05:00I think it has to do with marketing. As you proba...I think it has to do with marketing. As you probably know, with the media bias in this year's election, more and more people are turning away from media and print advertising. Newspapers (especially) are losing advertising revenues and competition from the internet.<BR/><BR/>While terms such as "entrepreneur" and "business women" rank higher on Google than "stay at home mom", there's a lot lessAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509053156280655479.post-67798146804341045922008-11-10T22:52:00.000-05:002008-11-10T22:52:00.000-05:00I would think that running a business would make y...I would think that running a business would make you a business woman. Running a successful business would make you a successful business woman. Just because you have a kid and you work from home doesn't mean you are 'just' a Stay-At-Home Mom. Since being a Stay-At-Home Mom is often thought of as being some maligned state it seems dismissive and disrespectful to classify these women thus. (NotOverreactinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04867180513516830392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509053156280655479.post-69799531473364600662008-11-10T22:26:00.000-05:002008-11-10T22:26:00.000-05:00I think the term stay at home mom (SAHM) implies t...I think the term stay at home mom (SAHM) implies that the woman in question is sitting on her ass at home doing nothing and it is this implication that is the main problem. The "opposite" to the SAHM is the "working mom", so you have one or the other and it naturally flows on that the SAHM is not a working mom so therefore she must not work. Which anyone who has been a SAHM knows is total crap. Brihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05845481445147062369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509053156280655479.post-55189676826329966502008-11-10T18:21:00.000-05:002008-11-10T18:21:00.000-05:00I'm not sure how I feel about the term. True, they...I'm not sure how I feel about the term. True, they're mothers who stay at home... At the same time though, their purpose in staying at home is not, entirely, about being mothers. That seems to be more of a perk of creating and operating a business, and the fact that the entrepreneurial aspect of their venture has been completely eliminated from the title doesn't sit well with me personally.petplutohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01053307189721906583noreply@blogger.com