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I can't think of how we ensure that men and women have the same exact outcomes without taking away their freedom of choice or enforcing equal pay regardless of

I can't think of how we ensure that men and women have the same exact outcomes without taking away their freedom of choice or enforcing equal pay regardless of time worked. Are there any societies out there that could not accept the inequality in earnings and successfully figured out a solution that felt both liberal and fair? It feels like you just can't get an egalitarian utopia without the government setting hard limits on how much or how little each person can work. Seems like getting 100% parity would be mostly unsolvable, given human nature, unless we were to replace those workers with computers.

horsawlarway 4y ago
Personally - As a father, I think you could get a hell of a lot closer with the following 1. Free childcare (we've already gone a long way here with the public school system, which at the end of the day mainly boils down to childcare in many parts of the US) 2. Family stipends during FMLA leave for childbirth. Number 2 in particular is required because social norms are still absolutely geared towards expecting new fathers to take considerably less time off to ensure a paycheck is coming in. This sets a rhythm that is hard to adjust later - the father does not spend as much bonding time with young children. Housework falls to the mother because she is no longer working. Once the mother is recovered the patterns are already established, and the conversation about cost of childcare vs the mother's salary begins on a biased foot. I'd actually much prefer being a full time stay at home dad, but holy fucking hell is the stigma running strong there across our society at large.