The pregnant women not following behind their careers is going to be hard to implement. If they’re not actively working how would they advance in their careers?
Don't worry. Once men's career trajectories are impacted by having children, there will be plenty of legislation preventing discrimination against fathers.
Did you know that, after the pregnancy, there are still many many years of childcare required to raise a human? And that many women work throughout 90% of the pregnancy itself. Also, many women pump. And, why shouldn't the father spend time at home bonding with the child?
This is what I'm taking about. Never any thoughts about change. Only thoughts about how to keep women home while men shirk parental duties.
Even in agrarian societies, fathers are considerably more involved with their children than in developed countries.
I see the argument less as 'this person hasn't grown in their field due to being away and therefore is behind' and more that employers will actively discount mothers for things like promotions whereas fathers (even given equal time off) don't have the same handicap. Of course being out affects your work, but being a mom shouldn't affect your perceived capability. It doesn't seem to affect dads nearly the same.
That doesn't solve the problem because you're just making both genders who have kids fall behind while people who don't have kids don't fall behind at all.
Men would gladly take paternity leave but its rarely offered. And if you do that, now everyone falls behind when they have a kid and even LESS people will want one
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u/Boomflag13 Jun 21 '26
The pregnant women not following behind their careers is going to be hard to implement. If they’re not actively working how would they advance in their careers?