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Mildly ridiculous to draw the line at35 though, which will be around the time a lot of high performing women will have kids.

• gaius 13y ago
  If a person, male or female, takes some significant amount of time off work, for any reason, should that person continue to accrue seniority, be considered for raises and promotion, equally to colleagues who didn't take the time off, who were working and contributing? Strip the gender politics out of it and the answer is very obviously no.
  • iamwithnail 13y ago
    That's my point really; women are still expected to bear the brunt of child rearing, so pay the financial penalty. Cf Norwegian policies and smaller gender pay gap.
    • gaius 13y ago
      Women aren't expected to do anything; the proof is that birth rates are falling all across the developed world. Consider two women, A doesn't want children and B does. How do you think A will feel having worked hard for a year while B was on maternity leave, only to find that B's seniority etc has kept up with zero effort or contribution to the company on her part?
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