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Thanks but no thanks. When I’ll have a baby I‘ll have to breastfeed, after having carried him for nine months, and having him exit through my private parts. G

by nisuni 7y ago

Thanks but no thanks. When I’ll have a baby I‘ll have to breastfeed, after having carried him for nine months, and having him exit through my private parts. Give me my extended, non trasferrable maternal leave! Edit: since some people are misunderstanding my point: extending the paternal leave costs money. I would rather prefer those money being spent on more maternal leave.

pavlov 7y ago
Nobody is taking that away. This is about giving the same amount of non-transferrable leave to both mothers and fathers.
- nisuni 7y ago
  Why not increasing the maternal leave then? I would highly prefer that! Some money is spent into this, I would rather see the money being spent to increase mother’s leave.
gambiting 7y ago
Mothers already have a year of maternal leave, this is about fathers getting decent amount of leave as well. No one is taking anything away from you.
- nisuni 7y ago
  The government is putting some money in it. I would prefer that money was used to extend the mother’s leave.
  - gambiting 7y ago
    Again, no one is taking anything away from you as is. You can prefer that the money was given to mothers instead, that's fine.
    - nisuni 7y ago
      Money is limited and the government decides how to distribute it. The difference between spending it on B and taking it away from A is, to me, absolutely unsubstantial.
      - gambiting 7y ago
        By that logic, by giving the money to you, the government is taking it away from starving children. It simply doesn't work this way.
        nisuni 7y ago
        That’s quite a stretch. And it shows how limited your comprehension of the topic is. Clearly, the money that goes to starving children comes from a different Department, and they are on different budgets. You just cannot move money like that. And I still think that rather than giving a silly paternal leave, a longer maternal leave would be much more desirable.
- dang 7y ago
  Please edit out swipes like "What are you on about" from your comments here. They poison discussion badly. The rest of your comment is fine. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
  - gambiting 7y ago
    My apologies. Unfortunately I cannot edit that comment anymore.
    - dang 7y ago
      Appreciated. I've re-opened it for editing if you want to take that bit out. If you do, let us know at hn@ycombinator.com so we can remove the [flagged] annotation. Edit: removed now.

by nisuni 7y ago

pavlov 7y ago

Nobody is taking that away. This is about giving the same amount of non-transferrable leave to both mothers and fathers.

nisuni 7y ago
Why not increasing the maternal leave then? I would highly prefer that! Some money is spent into this, I would rather see the money being spent to increase mother’s leave.

gambiting 7y ago

Mothers already have a year of maternal leave, this is about fathers getting decent amount of leave as well. No one is taking anything away from you.

nisuni 7y ago
The government is putting some money in it. I would prefer that money was used to extend the mother’s leave.
- gambiting 7y ago
  Again, no one is taking anything away from you as is. You can prefer that the money was given to mothers instead, that's fine.
  - nisuni 7y ago
    Money is limited and the government decides how to distribute it. The difference between spending it on B and taking it away from A is, to me, absolutely unsubstantial.
    - gambiting 7y ago
      By that logic, by giving the money to you, the government is taking it away from starving children. It simply doesn't work this way.
      - nisuni 7y ago
        That’s quite a stretch. And it shows how limited your comprehension of the topic is. Clearly, the money that goes to starving children comes from a different Department, and they are on different budgets. You just cannot move money like that. And I still think that rather than giving a silly paternal leave, a longer maternal leave would be much more desirable.
dang 7y ago
Please edit out swipes like "What are you on about" from your comments here. They poison discussion badly. The rest of your comment is fine. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- gambiting 7y ago
  My apologies. Unfortunately I cannot edit that comment anymore.
  - dang 7y ago
    Appreciated. I've re-opened it for editing if you want to take that bit out. If you do, let us know at hn@ycombinator.com so we can remove the [flagged] annotation. Edit: removed now.