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The main thing that allows women to be hired in our society is that we know all the kids will be going to school and so there's no need for childcare. By changing the rules on this, teachers around the country have put us back 50 years. Now employers look at women and think of them as childcare providers again, when we'd just gotten rid of that label.

+1. And they would be right, too. Our society just showed that it willingly lets women pick up all the slack during a year long pandemic, fail at their jobs, be fired and quit. Hiring moms is now shown to be a big risk. [/quote]

I would argue that yes, the pandemic hit women's employment disproportionately to men's, and this was in some not small part due to school closures.  Originally I would have blamed the pandemic, but at this point I think it's fair to say that by demanding zero risk of exposure and therefore keeping schools closed, that yes, teachers do bear some responsibility for the disproportionate economic impacts of the pandemic on women versus men.  Similarly, I have had to grapple with the whether sending my kid to IP school is contributing to increased risk for teachers.  Own your part.[/quote]

agree. I’m not blaming any individual female teachers. but schools could ONLY close because society implicitly or explicitly expected moms to be able to pick up the slack without compensation or support. teacher moms included. [/quote]

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