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Re:I understood gender discrimination once I added “Mr.” to ... by prodigal_erik on Saturday July 13, 2013 @03:49AM (#6036992)
If I had any other time-consuming hobby and started phoning it in at work, the company could tell me I may be dismissed if I don't shape up. Only parents get the nuclear option, and thankfully most of them don't abuse the possibility very heavily.
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Re:I understood gender discrimination once I added “Mr.” to ... by rayiner on Saturday July 13, 2013 @04:16AM (#6037024)
That's because parenthood ensures that companies have future customers, while hobbies don't. Facebook stock isn't worth much if all the 13-25 year olds that buy the crap advertisers peddle on it is a shrinking demographic!
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Re:I understood gender discrimination once I added “Mr.” to ... by klipt on Saturday July 13, 2013 @05:03AM (#6037085)
Whether employees of a particular company have children or not is irrelevant to demographics on the national scale.
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