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Originally posted by mmm3587
I'm amazed by the number of successful professional females that don't see this double standard. Sure, they should be treated exactly the same as men in the workforce. No special treatment, except for special women-only mentorship and special women-only networking. And maternity leave. And special women-only retreats. And playing the "I need to go part time or take a quarter off to spend time with my kids" card.
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You mean maternity leave after the actual recuperation time, I assume -- or would you have the woman just show up the day after (the day of?) she gets out of the hospital?
Puh-leeze. Women are subjected to a double-standard every single fucking day at every single fucking company in every single fucking state of this country.
Women are "falling down on the job" if they stay home with their kids (or want to take a cut in pay or go part-time or whatever), or else they're just cold-hearted bitches who stay at work (why did you even HAVE kids if you're not going to be home with them?)
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Sure, my firm has paternity leave. I've heard a female partner I work for ridicule the men who take it. Sure, I could take 6 months off to spend time with my newborn when I'm up for partner. But I would be passed over ("I don't think he is devoted to the firm if he wants to spend time with his kids.") much more readily, for that reason, than a woman taking the same time off.
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Bull-fucking-shit.
No way a woman is going to make partner in a year she takes 6 months off. No way she's not going to have to take a year off her "seniority" if she takes six months off (and probably another year, just for good measure, to make her prove that she's not giving too much time to her family.)
Cry me a fucking river.
