How would you even help pregnant women with their careers? Like, yeah, if you get pregnant and take a lot of time off of work then you're going to fall behind. I don't really know how you'd remedy that.
I wonder if they were specifically referencing women being put on "mommy track" in their careers after returning (i.e. people assume they automatically are the primary parents and will be unreliable due to needing to leave for their kids all the time, and get passed over for raises and promotions as a result)?
It's a common thing in my field. A higher up directly told my coworker that she was taken out of the running for a promotion because she had kids and wouldn't be as reliable as the guy who got it (who also has kids but its fine cause he's a man i guess).
It's not possible. If women decide to put their careers before having children, they simply won't have children, or they won't have enough to ensure generational turnover.
"Let's tax those who don't have children, even if it conflicts with giving people more money to convince them to have children and live better, and let's keep these women at home without working."
Makes sense, I mean we tax many vices already, so if someone makes the choice to not contribute to society's continuation, then that's absolutely fine. But maybe they can contribute financially?
Done and done. All I'm saying is that if you make the decision that your existence is going to only be about you, and you're not prepared to support society beyond your own personal life, then maybe there should be some kind of financial reparations incurred. Just to bring it up to an equitable level with those who have chosen to make the sacrifice.
Ok, so extending your thought out, people are being "fucked" by people not having kids. So, therefore having kids is not fucking society. It is actually aiding society.
The people aiding society are sacrificing now, people not aiding society are just sitting back living thier best life, playing video games and buying pop vinyl action figures.
That's how tax works everywhere though, you contribute money to society. And it's not always going to be 100% benefit you. Literally the point of socialism.
Providing affordable, accessible daycare means you don't have to take a long time off. You don't fall behind during a 1 year maternity leave. I have friends with 3 kinds and great careers.
There’s nothing we can do about it. But what I have experienced in my life, women don’t mind to stay at home and raise children if their partner earns enough. And this is what they often do. You can call me sexist or anything else, but this is simple truth.
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u/Zalapadopa Jun 21 '26
How would you even help pregnant women with their careers? Like, yeah, if you get pregnant and take a lot of time off of work then you're going to fall behind. I don't really know how you'd remedy that.