It’s because of fucking Reagan. He’s the dipshit who coined the term welfare Queen. Which painted a picture of single mothers that both Republicans and Democrats have held in their minds for the last 40 fucking years.
Liked but gentle criticism, we have been shaming single mothers for millennia. Even religious texts had to spell out that they’re just women with kids, not leprosy victims. Reagan just modernized the stereotype that if you were black it was automatically worse for everyone else.
It’s because of fucking Reagan. He’s the dipshit who coined the term welfare Queen. Which painted a picture of single mothers that both Republicans and Democrats have held in their minds for the last 40 fucking years.
Liked but gentle criticism, we have been shaming single mothers for millennia. Even religious texts had to spell out that they’re just women with kids, not leprosy victims. Reagan just modernized the stereotype that if you were black it was automatically worse for everyone else.
So? When I hear “Single mother” I imagine a famliy with only a mother. thats it.