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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Anonymous wrote:
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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.

Truth.

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.

Right. Equal rights for all - who think and look like us. The undereducated, immigrant women we rely upon so that we and our husbands may "lean in" need not apply.

I don't understand. Do you think nannies should make what doctors and lawyers make? What point are you trying to make?

That different standards seem to apply to different (types of) women. And why shouldn't a nanny make as much as a doctor or a lawyer? Unless, of course, you consider her contribution to society to be less valuable than that of doctors and lawyers.[/quote]

Objectively speaking, yes, a nanny's contribution is less valuable to society than the contributions of a lawyer or a doctor.

Lawyers and doctors are required to invest a great deal in specific knowledge to advance their fields for a large number of people.

Nannies have no specific subject matter expertise, no barrier to entry in the profession, and impact a very small segment of society, namely, the few families they work for.

Anyone can be a nanny. Not everyone can be a doctor or a lawyer.

Is this seriously a surprising concept for you?[/quote]
Ouch. How shitty. Me thinks you think a sitter is a nanny.

You should really educate yourself a bit.[/quote]

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