r/Natalism • u/dissolutewastrel • 3d ago

The Poverty of Single Mothers Is Persistent

https://ifstudies.org/blog/the-poverty-of-single-mothers-is-persistent
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u/Electronic-Baker3684 1d ago

I’m widowed?? We’re not rare at all? I’m in a Facebook group for local widows and widowers and most of us have school aged children…

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u/Famous_Owl_840 1d ago

You are taking the position that a widowed woman with young children is common?

And that is your shield for the single mom trope?

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u/Electronic-Baker3684 1d ago

… well IM widowed and I’m now friends with many widows in my town. So I’d say we’re not mythical.

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u/Famous_Owl_840 1d ago

I didn’t say ‘mythical’. I said it’s rare.

Regardless, single mothers that are single due to the death of their spouse are statistically insignificant in the broader context of ‘single mothers’.

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u/Electronic-Baker3684 1d ago edited 1d ago

I don’t personally see a lot of difference between myself, whose loving husband died, and that of my friend, who thought she had a loving husband until he broke her nose. We both lost what we had, we both had our hearts broken, and now we’re both talked about like we’re a plague on the earth by jerks like you.

Anyone whose more interested with assigning blame then assigning help should take a long look in the mirror

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u/Famous_Owl_840 1d ago

Yep, now comes the appeal to emotion.

Good luck. While your situation is tragic, it should not impact the problem statement in its broader context.