Mastodawn

Gwen Snyder is uncivil Jul 27, 2023

Now that I'm a parent, I'm suddenly realizing what huge feminist issue student loans are.

My loans are around 130k, which means I'm HEAVILY incentivized to stay out of the workforce to keep them in deferment. I don't even know that I'd bring home an income working, between childcare costs and loan payments.

In principle this should be a both-genders problem, but of course it ends up amplifying the pressure on women to stay home.

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Donna Lanclos

@gwensnyder hah, we just figured out that with our consolidated loan, we still have to pay 1K back from "my" part even though my husband has worked in the public sector for more than 20 years and we got the remaining part of the loan forgiven, except for that last bit that is "mine." I don't have that many consecutive years in the public sector because...I was home with the kids.