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0 pointskraigie6y ago0 comments

Paternity leave is a lot easier to implement than artificial wombs.

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We could also stop pressuring women to conform to male standards of behavior and economic performance and instead celebrate the fact that they alone are able to perform the sacred work of growing and nurturing new human life. Then the “problem” that policies like this are trying to fix simply ceases to exist.

the_af6y ago

"Sacred"? It of course has lots of satisfactions -- why would you have babies otherwise? -- but it's also energy draining and it can drive mothers to exhaustion and a feeling of isolation that can lead to depression.

And it's also bad for the fathers. Why wouldn't you want to spend more time with your kid? You made him/her, after all.

ip266y ago

I'm not religious, but I suppose it is sacred after a fashion- to our species, whom without it, will quickly cease to exist.

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tlamponi6y ago

This is a framework to give both, father and mother, a choice. Nobody is pressured to take it, but they are able to if they want. That's the differences.

Effectively it does away a implicit pressure that the mother needs to be home and the father needs to work, i.e., the contrary you suggest. Celebration does nothing to help any side of this, if facing reality when bringing up a child. Such improvements for equal chances allow to do that though.

As said, nobody is forced too, if they do want to keep the "old fashioned roles", for whatever reason, sensible or not, they may still do so.

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