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[trinity_gal]

Someone said 'Must be nice for you to work! Having all intellectual stimulation..'

What's about the word 'intellectual stimulation' that rubs me the wrong way now?

Most over-used word for anti-SAHM?

Else?

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Comments

[rmc28]

I think it's because it dismisses the intrinsic importance of the job. I don't work for intellectual stimulation - that's a pleasant side-effect. I work to earn money and support my family, and because I am good at my job and it is useful and makes the lives of others better. No-one suggests my husband is working for intellectual stimulation.

It's as if whatever one does as a mother isn't very important or a real contribution to the family.