Care is expensive, so care often comes down to money. No one wants to think of caring in monetized terms because attaching actual money to care sullies our gender ideals. But all caring is monetized, and for women, negatively so, particularly in consideration of long-term financial security. Not only is caring expensive and financially risky, but this gendered care mandate continues to be the major roadblock to virtually every established path to financial stability and leadership that women might pursue.
