Re:Without parental leave I might be dead
by mbesto on Monday November 15, 2021 @04:56PM
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I should probably clarify and reword. I don't think mothers are explicitly forcing themselves out of maternal leave - I'm saying that it's not culturally acceptable to do so. The cultural implications are that you will likely miss out on job opportunities and thus wage increases.
The cultural components manifest themselves different ways:
As a biz owner: Why would you give a raise to someone who hasn't contributed anything to the company in the last 2-4 months?
As an employee: how would you (man or woman) feel if your equal peer didn't contribute anything for 2-4 months and got the same raise as you?
Re:Without parental leave I might be dead
by jensensbutton on Monday November 15, 2021 @05:21PM
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Ah makes sense.
> The cultural implications are that you will likely miss out on job opportunities and thus wage increases.
Strongly agree with the above.
Re:Without parental leave I might be dead
by sokoloff on Monday November 15, 2021 @03:20PM
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To whatever extent time out of the workforce is a driver of future wage discrepancy, it seems like at least some women would make an entirely economically rational choice to minimize that time out of the workforce. (I’m not claiming it’s a good or bad thing, just that there exists a strong force that would motivate people in this direction.)
There's a lot of evidence around wage discrepancies, but I have never heard anyone claim that it's the _mothers_ who are forcing themselves back to work. That seems like a huge stretch and doesn't align with anything I've seen before.