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Originally posted by dtb
The women on this board do all the things you and others (namely, Bilmore) are saying (get up, go to work, slave, slave, slave, go home, etc.) but then ALSO are expected to do all the kid stuff too.
Most men wouldn't do it, because they'd be too busy whining about how hard they work, and they need a BREAK when they come home, dammit!
Most men would sooner slit their throats than stay home with their kids -- it would drive them batty. (Bond, schmond...)
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Or we don't have kids.
Slightly off point (ok, maybe completely off point), this conversation reminds me of a conversation I had with a partner at my firm recently. I was leaving at 6:00 one day to pick up drycleaning and I mentioned that I was in a hurry trying to get there b/f the place closed. He said that I should really get a wife to do that. We laughed. But it is true that everyone in our profession feels like there is too much to do and too little time to do it in. Maybe even everyone today feels that way. I think it has to do with the speed at which things happen these days.
I agree with many posters today there are things that are inherently unfair for men, as there are for women (both career and stay-at-home). The debate as to who has things worse is overdone in my opinion. Who cares? If I sit around a bitch because the male associates are invited on more bonding outings than I am because most partners are male, is that act (the bitching I mean) helping me either way? Maybe it sucks, but that's how things work. And if a situation sucks beyond the suck-up-and-deal point, then it most likely is actionable. Or it should be.
