Re:An alternative argument for why women leave STEM
by toomuchtodo on Friday January 17, 2020 @10:00PM
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Conversely, day care should be exceedingly expensive to account for the cost of having high quality labor (vs minimum wage caregivers) tend to children, with the end result being day care is a last resort, not something provided universally (when taking into consideration the volume of “bullshit jobs” in the marketplace); your job should be of an exceptional nature to be preferred over childcare obligations.
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Re:An alternative argument for why women leave STEM
by lutorm on Saturday January 18, 2020 @01:45AM
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Given that daycare effectively pools more than one family's children per adult caretaker, it should still only cost a fraction of an equally good job's salary.
Re:An alternative argument for why women leave STEM
by toomuchtodo on Saturday January 18, 2020 @01:45PM
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I argue current day care costs don’t reflect living wages for caregivers, and it’s already out of reach for a lot of people. When wages rise, even less will be able to afford it.