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But I'm all for concessions IF both men and women took advantage of them.  But until men step up and take more responsibility for their children or their aging parents, we will always be second class citizens in the workforce.  
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And here is the other half of the double standard.  Men get no respect for being parents or homemakers.  I took 3 months off for paternity leave.  And yet, if I went into the supermarket on a Tuesday morning with my kids, people looked at me like I was either a homeless person or a wanted criminal.  I've spoken with a few SAHD friends and they say that the reception to SAHD is borderline insulting.  Look at the recent thread where all these DCUM mothers basically said they had no respect for a SAHD because they had no respect for a man who couldn't support his family.  There was another recent thread about a SAHD wondering why the SAHM at the park wouldn't even talk with him.  While some SAHM were afraid they would be accused of hitting on him, some said they had no respect for a man who didn't work (WOH).

So basically whether or not men actually step up and take more responsibility for their children or their aging parents, they'll get no respect for it.  In fact, I would say that men who take responsibility for homecare and their children get less respect than women in the workplace.

What we need to do is work on mutually giving respect to everyone, male or female, for the work that they do whether it is at home or in a workplace.  I doubt we'll see if in my lifetime.

We now return you to your regular bickering--already in progress.[/quote]

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