S1 E2 Read Together: Forget Pancakes Pay Mothers

안녕하세요 Read Together 첫번째 시간은 지난 일요일 뉴욕타임즈에 Mother's day를 기념해서 올라온 Kim Brooks의 사설을 함께 읽어봅니다.

제가 에피소드에서 직역하는대로 끊어 읽기를 표시해놓았으니 아래와 함께 보시면 이해가 더 잘 되실거예요.

참고로, 빨간색 글씨는 제가 에피소드에서 설명하는 표현, 파란색은 제가 페미니즘 측면에서 중요하다고 생각하는 개념입니다.

In our country,/ staying home to raise children/ is one of the most devastating financial decisions/ a woman can make./ And without any sort of child care system in place,/ it’s often not a choice at all./ All but the wealthiest mothers face/ what I’ve come to think of as the Cinderella paradox./ Of course Cinderella can go the ball,/ just as soon as she’s finished her chores./

This goes a long way to explain the feminization of poverty./ Jenny Brown, the author of “Birth Strike: The Hidden Fight Over Women’s Work,” writes,/ “Parents, particularly mothers, become poorer/ because they are not properly compensated for the contribution they’re making/ to the continuation of society by bearing and raising children.”/

What exactly is the value of this contribution?/ The birthrate in the United States/ has fallen to a record low of 1.73./ People who complain/ that other people’s children shouldn’t be their concern/ will still have to deal with the economic catastrophe/ of an aging population and a shortage of young, healthy workers./ If raising these future citizens isn’t socially necessary labor,/ I’m not sure what is./

And yet our entire economic system hinges on/ the willingness of women to do this work for free./ Caretakers who work outside the home are poorly paid,/ but those who care for their own kin,/ in their own homes,/ aren’t paid at all./ They receive a wage of zero dollars and zero cents,/ no health insurance,/ no sick leave,/ no paid time off,/ no 401(k)./

함께 공부하시면서 어려웠던 점, 좋았던 점, 건의하고 싶은 점 모두 댓글로 알려주시면 감사드리겠습니다 :)

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