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You are absolutely correct. Yet, the prevailing attitude in this country is that all children would be better off if mommy stayed home with her children while they were young. Most of the family values crowd would argue that all women should be at home raising their children, which, in theory, sounds really good but in actual practice really puts women far behind the 8 ball when it comes to career/salary advancement and retirment benefits/savings. Many Americans - especially some on this forum - advocate for self-sufficiency for all and would be in favor of eliminating many social programs that particularly benefit women who sacrificed their productive years by staying at home with their children. I guess the question is how much this country actually values the contributions of the stay at home moms. Posts like yours suggest that staying home to raise children should be a punishable offense.
I'm just saying to be realistic. You hear women saying they want it all, but you can't have it all. YOu either have to choose one or the other, or a compromise in the middle. And you certainly cannot expect 3rd grade teachers to make as much as the CEO of General Electric does.
I'm just saying to be realistic. You hear women saying they want it all, but you can't have it all. YOu either have to choose one or the other, or a compromise in the middle. And you certainly cannot expect 3rd grade teachers to make as much as the CEO of General Electric does.
I'm pretty sure most people with brains understand.
Who exactly said a third grade teacher should make the same as the GE CEO? But you know, the GE CEO could be a woman
Let's ignore every other "gap" like health expenditures, life expectancy, college %, and focus on pay gap and related ideas. Basically what it all boils down to is women wanting to have children, have work accomodate them, but then expect to be on the same track towards CEO as the man who worked full time the entire time.
Is that rational?
I agree with you. It's about choices. You can choose a career or raise a family. But to expect special treatment because you leave the workforce to raise your child is not fair. That goes for men and women.
I'm not anti-children. I think raising children is the most important job a person can perform. But I also resent having to cater to coworkers that work half as much as I do, take chunks of time off, and expect the same pay and benefits as I get. You want a career, great. Pay your dues. You want a child, great. Make sacrifices. And I'm not talking about parents that do the work and raise a child. I'm talking about the special treatment.
But this society wants their cake and eat it too, at someone else's expense. Because they're special.....
and yet, my point still stands,a nd I don't have to make a personal attack like you do.
Men also aren't as flexible as most women are. DO you have another insult for me?
Was Watt male or female?
Was Edison Male or female
Was Bell male or female?
Was Daimler male or female?
Was Whittle male or female?
was Parsons male or female?
These are all EARTH shattering inventions that impact your ways in so many ways that I cannot even begin to describe.
Give me a freakin' break. Men, through virtue of their biology, have pretty much ruled the first 2000 years of earth's history. That they have been inventors and innovators is no big deal - the deck has always been stacked in their favor.
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There are many websites like the one above that list/describe contributions of women throughout history. Contributions that are truly remarkable when one considers that women did not achieve the right to freely and openly contribute until the latter half of the 20th century.
I'm just saying to be realistic. You hear women saying they want it all, but you can't have it all. YOu either have to choose one or the other, or a compromise in the middle. And you certainly cannot expect 3rd grade teachers to make as much as the CEO of General Electric does.
You keep making the ridiculous allegation that women everywhere are clamoring to be CEOs. Please provide a link to substantiate this allegation.
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