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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's a debate that only the well-educated can afford to have.

While professional women engage in hand-wringing about whether they're "leaning in" enough, they don't stop to consider that for the nanny they employ, no amount of leaning in on her behalf will ever lead to a discernible increase in her salary/ benefits/ prestige.

Leaning in only considers the concerns of the professional class.[/quote]

Truth.[/quote]
I also agree. It's part of the "feminist" mantra: I want MY rights on the job, but the hell with my domestic workers hidden behind my closed doors.[/quote]

My "domestic worker" was able to finance a mortgage based solely on her salary working for us. We paid $300 every month for her healthcare premiums. How is that to hell with my domestic worker?  She barely graduated from high school and made close to 50K a year.[/quote]
Good for you and her that you paid her about $25/hour, plus benefits. That's a fair wage in exchange for what she provides for you.
 
Are you aware of the fact that most nannies in this area don't even earn enough to rent out their own bedroom, let alone an apartment, and are forced to live with a partner and share a bedroom, or "live-in" their jobs and never get to go home to their own place for some peace and quiet?

It's really rather shameful the way most parents take advantage of their nannies.

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That is completely inapplicable to me and to my friends who have nannies.[/quote]

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