Boxlicker101
Licker of Boxes
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Of course, I shouldn't have to point this out, but women have babies with the participation of men. It's not like it's this evil plot by women; that's just the end of the biological stick we got handed.
Women in this country, if they are lucky, get 12 weeks of maternity leave. Assuming you work from 20 to 65, that's a maximum six months out maternity leave out of a a forty-five year working career, based on the average American reproduction of two children per woman. So what's this big chunk of time you are talking about? You really think six months in 45 years is a big huge advantage. I guess if we women want equality, we should say "Fuck you we're not perpetuating the species, because we're such a drag on society when we do. If you guys want someone to take care of you when you are old and grey, you better start cloning yourselves."
Some companies have longer periods of maternity leave and some may have shorter. Even so, before and after having a baby, women will sometimes be on disability either before or after the official maternity leave starts, and some will take unpaid leave for a year or more, and expect to be reinstated at their places of employment as if they had never been gone, In addition, they will frequently have medical appointments for themselves or the baby, and have to take time off for them. That's not a complaint; that's just a fact of life. Sometimes men take care of things like this but it's usually women.
Of course, I believe most men and women have jobs, not careers. At the end of the day, they leave the office or cannery or garage or farm or factory or wherever they work and go home, and don't even think about work until the next day.
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