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Re:As women have more equal opportunity, the more their pref... by moorhosj on Monday November 05, 2018 @10:55AM (#18383270)
What is the opportunity cost of the mother going right back to work and spending no time with their newborn? Does society absorb that cost?
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Re:As women have more equal opportunity, the more their pref... by UncleMeat on Monday November 05, 2018 @11:01AM (#18383334)
The father could do that task.
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Re:As women have more equal opportunity, the more their pref... by moorhosj on Monday November 05, 2018 @11:07AM (#18383396)
Certainly could, I just finished doing that for my kid. Which still doesn't answer the question of how it benefits society to push parents back into the workforce after birth of a child. The entire "opportunity cost" argument here is focused on the parent's ability to maximize wages or skills, in reality there are other "costs".
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