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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The problem with women is that many of you want SPECIAL privileges, not equal treatment. [b]You want 6 months to a year PAID maternity leave,[/b] paid pumping breaks all day long, paid time off to take care of all your personal problems.

Equal pay, yes.  Forget the rest because it isn't going to happen and I say this as a woman who has three children.[/quote]

See Patricia Arquette's comments. The reason for this is that American women are giving birth to the next generation of taxpayers and citizens. We ALL have a stake in supporting women who have given birth. It's not a benefit for women, it's a benefit for society.

Alternatively, we can make it really difficult for women to have children and work, and maybe fewer women will have children. Ask Japan how that's working out.[/quote]

Yup- lived for many years in a country with a bottoming out birthrate due to limited support for motherhood in the workforce- it just became less and less attractive to become a mom and within a generation or 2 if that isn't socialized into you as the "norm" believe it or not, that is just as strong as any "natural" pull we have to reproduce. The various incentives govt. has tried to put in place continue to fail, corporate and their patriarchal lingering culture aren't being addressed at all so guess what- society feels it, women make choices for themselves on an individual level but its felt everywhere.

People need pumping breaks for how long over the course of a career exactly?! Its a stupid argument.[/quote]

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