It might sound crazy, but when you are a little older, married, and have kids, it will make more sense.

And for the ~40% of women who want to go back to work - AWESOME. Go hire them. Make it easy to leave and come back. But stop judging and just let women do what they want.

The actual quote from the report is:

Among women who say they “don’t even have enough to meet basic expenses,” about half (47%) say the ideal situation for them is to work full time.

which is very different. 'Ideal situation' based on economic conditions, not a preference.

The report summary keeps on referring to economic considerations:

http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2013/03/14/modern-parenthood-...

My wife is a stay at home mom, and she works her ass off to do the most important job in the world: creating new, productive citizens.

What sucks is how she has to deal with social pressures which increasingly make her feel like a loser if she isn't pursuing a career outside of raising our children. Feminism is about giving women and men the same choices. Hell, I wish men could stay home with kids without being viewed as "not real men" in the majority of this country.

There are huge systematic biases that push women towards less powerful roles in society.

I think that's where the disconnect between the Feminists and the Reddit-type Men's Rights people are(not talking about the psychos on there). The MRA guys aren't saying men need more paths to power. They just want more choices, while the Feminists want a society that isn't constantly steering women to subservient roles, no matter what choice they make.

On the other hand, you've got someone complaining about their hang nail and saying it's just as big of a deal.

She had been awarded sole custody of us in my parent's separation, by default, and was subsequently given full custody, despite a well known history of public fits of violence against my father. Out of five kids, none of us talk to my mother. She is dying of emphysema induced heart failure, and will die alone. My sisters are old enough to remember her letting my twin brother and I starve in our crib all day. They hate her.

The state only gave my father custody after the neighbors called the police 3 separate times. The 3rd time, because my sisters were locked out of the house in the snow after returning home on the school bus to a locked house with only my brother and me inside.

So fuck you for making light of a situation that, on a daily basis, negatively affects children's lives by awarding custody to the lesser of two parents.

To me, the real question is -- are we sure that women in the workplace is progress or will we look back 50 or 100 years from now and laugh at how silly we were to try to ignore gender difference.

There's also a lot of discussion about how men don't have the same choice to be primary caregivers the way women do. I was skeptical, but it was a good read.

That's what the quoted study appears to suggest, yes. Disputing those claims requires slightly more effort on your part than "ya right".

>Really disappointing to see pg link to this.

pg didn't link to it.

According to the article, some studies suggest that where women have greater opportunities typically they will pursue interests that are not strictly tied to high power/earnings as they reach certain earning thresholds. This level of earning need is less than that of men on average.

It's an interesting article and worth a read, regardless whether one thinks the data is accurate.

Trolling does nothing to advance an issue you claim to care about. As a C-level executive, perhaps you are a better example than you realize of why women are under represented in your ranks.

People all along the opinion spectrum overgeneralize and end up making others feel this way. Even your comment may easily alienate someone who has actually made the choices you dismiss so easily.

When I read a piece like this, what sticks out in my mind is one question: "Hey guys, are you sure A, B and C are what everyone of gender X should be / do / value?"