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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]We Americans don't value parenting as high as working[/b].  We're all conditioned to think this way so anything else sounds so luxurious.  I have friends who are expats abroad in Europe and Asia and all have had babies there where they have very generous maternity leaves compared to U.S.

It's true some of us are lucky - I got 4 months paid, and took another 2 months unpaid, with both kids but that's because we could afford to do so.  It's sad to read the comments by other moms who don't think they deserve any better whether its from their employers or the govt.[/quote]

i don't think it's that - employers are fine with women resigning to make space for new childless workers. rather, we as a society want women to choose either children or a career. a lot of women who chose children support the system that forces other women to either become housewives like themselves or else spend little time with their children so that housewives can feel better about themselves. so it is really a self-interested position, though it's couched n terms of the concern for the interests of employers - none of whom these women had any contact with for a long time.[/quote]

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