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Is it necessarily discrimination, or might there be other explanations? For example, maybe it's discriminatory social expectations of men to be breadwinners, s
by epicureanideal 8y ago
Is it necessarily discrimination, or might there be other explanations?
For example, maybe it's discriminatory social expectations of men to be breadwinners, so they're forced to work at really hard jobs like being doctors while their wives can make a free choice to stay home with the kids.
I don't intend this reply to support either view. I'm just saying, discrimination is not necessarily the reason, and even if discrimination is the reason, there are two sides to that coin.
- rectang 8y agoHarmful gender stereotypes are a negative for all of us together, for sure. See for example, your own gendered language on who does the "hard job" and who makes a "free choice".
- epicureanideal 8y agoI specifically created a gendered counterexample to show the problem. I'm very much aware of the gendered use of language in my intentional counterexample.
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- kaitai 8y agoDay care in the US is a huge problem. It's hard work to find it, and then it's quite strict/constrained on hours.