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Re:Ask HN: Women in tech, how do you find non-toxic work env... by emj on Tuesday June 06, 2017 @04:47AM (#14495732)
Considering that US federal law seems to be gender agnostic, from skimming Wikipedia, I'm not so sure about this criticism. At least there seems to be a ground work for caring for parents and not only mothers.

While I agree with your sentiment (as a father with ~18 month parental leave behind me) It would be nice to know if there are common policies that are problematic in your view.

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Re:Ask HN: Women in tech, how do you find non-toxic work env... by goodcanadian on Tuesday June 06, 2017 @12:59PM (#14498798)
You seem to misunderstand. I don't object to the policies; I am strongly in favour of them. After all, I benefit from them as well. I object to it being characterized as primarily a women's issue. That does a disservice to both sexes 1) by implying that women's gender is the problem when it is not, and 2) by failing to recognize that in order to live a balanced life, men need exactly the same policies. In other words, it is not a "women's issue," it is a "human issue."
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