Valkie wrote on Feb 5
th, 2018 at 4:29am:
If the subsidy was removed
If maternity and paternity leave was removed
The market woukd settle down eventually and it would be possible to afford a home on one income
Hell, if people didn't want everything brand new at 20, new car, new house new furniture
And we're willing to make do, as we did, until you were established, there woukd be no problem.
But people now days want it all and they want it now.
But we, who have worked hard and achieved, are now expected to subsidize their greed.
Stop my taxes going to these greedy kids
Give it to the starving pensioners who have worked all their lives.
While I support removing all these subsidies the motivation for women to choose a career as a priority is still there. This means people on the housing market are dual income for the most, people on single incomes will still struggle to buy their aspirational property (People have higher standards).
The child care solution achieves very little in reality even with high fees the industry still struggles to provide places, people do not aspire to work in childcare. A similar problem exists in nursing.
All you are highlighting is the complexity of the problem, while most women choose to be career aspirational demand pressure will continue on childcare places, its also more likely for a childcare worker to be female ..... not a corporate career choice for the majority of women.
I personally oppose social engineering exercise as like the cane toad experiment it always backfires ..... but the reality of government is dealing with peoples life choices.
As for the sexist side of what I have said sorry they have yet figured out how a male can breast feed or get pregnant ! Its biology.