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I've heard friends say the say thing privately. For example, a friend of mine is married but intentionally childless. He doesn't want to have children. He think
by tur0w2 4y ago
I've heard friends say the say thing privately. For example, a friend of mine is married but intentionally childless. He doesn't want to have children. He thinks it is unfair people (of both genders) get months of paid leave. I think he said something like you should get a couple weeks medical leave and then an option for more unpaid leave. It's also unfair to people who medically can't have children, who will work 100% of the year, but then people who have children get months paid leave.
- techdragon 4y agoAmerica does a pretty good job culturally exporting its violently oppressive Protestant work ethic to the rest of the world … but this is why that’s bad. This isn’t about the parents getting time off… good grief it’s like the quoted person has never even helped to look after a child under 1 year old… they are a full time job! The socioeconomic policies regarding supporting families by things like maternity and paternity leave are there to support healthy future generations of citizens. These things are good, to use a horrible oversimplification your friend is being ageist against children under 1, quite obviously some of the most vulnerable humans on the planet, and a pretty shitty human being to anyone who is a new parent.
- sebastialonso 4y agoIts almost like living a particularly predatory version of capitalism wires people's brain differently.