Male and female are different. BY NATURE, the woman is more suited to care for the children, and the man is better fit to go out and endure the rigors of the world of work and give the child an example of what it means to be the wage earner.
Many men stayed with the kids because deliberate and intentional job discrimination prevented them from working, while deliberate and intentional discrimination ensured that the women got jobs.
No way, gurlz rule boyz drool. Strong and independent Zena Warrior Princesses earned it all on their very own, men are just stupid. /s
Two of the families I know personally, 'job discrimination' had nothing to do with the decision for dad to stay home. One mom is a doctor, and the other mom is a dentist. Both dads majored in computer science. Surely, you are not advocating same pay for different work products?
“deliberate and intentional discrimination ensured that the women got jobs.”
Oh really?
I quit my 15-year engineering job to raise my son. At 5 years he would go to school and I’d try to recover it. Didn’t help that at that time, I had major medical problems with surgery and hospital stays, so had to put it off yet again. By the time I really started trying, it had been 6 years.
I’ve sent out gazillions applications over several years. I’m moving onto 10 years out. I’ve had regular interviews, half of them through my old employer (various satellite sites) and even through my husband’s friend at work. Not a single bite. I’ve basically given up.
I remember what I did at work like the back of my hand. That’s not a problem.
I generally blame my “gap”, but my father brought up - and then my husband assented - that maybe I’m just being used for quotas with those interviews.
The quotas apply to INTERVIEWS, not offers.
My father and husband are NO liberals. None of us is knee-jerk feminist, or any such thing.
But no, it’s not that easy to get a job just because you’re a woman.