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German chancellor's pension plan for mothers draws criticism

Original: # Rente und # Mütter : Komplett verblödete Idee | taz.de Glaubt der # Kanzler ernsthaft, Frauen stärker in den Arbeitsma

The German chancellor has floated linking mothers' pensions to stronger labour market participation, and the proposal is meeting sharp resistance. Critics, including commentary in taz, argue that threatening women with pension cuts is no way to get them into work, and that it treats a man's life without care work as the ideal. Supporters of stronger female employment see the plan as counterproductive and tone-deaf to unpaid care labour.

Why now: A government proposal touching pensions and mothers' employment is being publicly debated and criticised in Germany.

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• # Rente und # Mütter : Komplett verblödete Idee | taz.de Glaubt der # Kanzler ernsthaft, Frauen stärker in den Arbeitsmarkt zu bekommen, wenn er ihnen mit Rentenkürzung droht? Wenn er ein (sorgearbeitsfreies) Männerleben zum Nonplusultra erklärt? Wenn er gesellschaftliche… · Soweitsogut@troet.cafe · 4

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