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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The lack of support for childcare and it's attendant duties largely falling on women is our society's modern slavery.[/quote]

FFS

That is offensive.

No one forced you to have children. I happen to know birth control works really well.[/quote]
Actually it doesn't. You can't get your tubes tied without consent of a husband and at 25 before having kids. Seriously. 
Many good men turn into much more challenging partners when kids come along and they don't pick up the slack. My great FIL never changed a poopy diaper. Thanks fully his son has but many many buys and young men grew up in households where moms took care of all child related things. No one forced them sure. But now we have woken out in the workforce AND doing the majority of child related tasks. No, not all men are like that (my husband certainly isn't and is a fully equal partner) but many many are. 
Men can ask and normalize paternity leave. They can ask for flexible schedules and make it normal they they take time off for kids dr appointments and snow days. The more of them do that the better for everyone so it's not just "oh Stacey is a mom so she'll have to have an early day every x to take jimmy to camp". It's "ok we are employing parents of both gentlest and to attract and retain good workers we should be aware of their family needs". This benefits childless people too since they are often caretakers of their parents, have health issues, or other needs for flexibility from employers. [/quote]

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