Author advocates for "meternity" leave for women without children

Submitted by Matt on Thu, 2016-04-28 14:06

Article here. It's one thing to advocate for more time off for workers in general. It's another thing to do so only for some workers based on their sex. This is what this woman is doing. Words jump to mind: sexist, entitled, and the "p" word: privileged. This is one example of the product of feminist indoctrination. Excerpt:

'“You know, I need a maternity leave!” I told one of my pregnant friends. She laughed, and we spent the afternoon plotting my escape from my 10-hour days, fake baby bump and all.

Of course, that didn’t happen. But the more I thought about it, the more I came to believe in the value of a “meternity” leave — which is, to me, a sabbatical-like break that allows women and, to a lesser degree, men to shift their focus to the part of their lives that doesn’t revolve around their jobs.

For women who follow a “traditional” path, this pause often naturally comes in your late 20s or early 30s, when a wedding, pregnancy and babies means that your personal life takes center stage. But for those who end up on the “other” path, that socially mandated time and space for self-reflection may never come.'

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Why they earn less than men.

Can you imagine a man demanding "paternity leave" even if he's not an expectant father?

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Submitted by el cid on Thu, 2016-04-28 15:51

http://www.forbes.com/sites/karinagness/2016/04/12/dont-buy-into-the-gender-pay-gap-myth/

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/harvard-prof.-takes-down-gender-wage-gap-myth/article/2580405

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Submitted by Matt on Thu, 2016-04-28 18:46

The myth of the pay gap comes from adding up the aggregate income of all men and all women. As a group, men bring in more money than women.

Feminists say this is because women are paid less for the same job. Untrue. Women make different choices from men and so earn less than man. Women work fewer hours, take off more years for children, and choose jobs that give them other benefits besides pay. And, of course, it's still acceptable for a woman to be supported by a man. But most women would never support a man, except temporarily.

So, women are paid the same as men, but they do not necessarily earn as much as men--because women make choices that result in earning less money. For example, women are more likely to choose be pediatricians than cardiologists; men are more likely to be cardiologists. Pediatricians earn less than cardiologists. So, male doctors earn more than female doctors--but they're paid the same.

Silly ideas like the one discussed here simply mean women will continue to earn less--not be paid less.

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Submitted by el cid on Fri, 2016-04-29 12:44