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Old 05-11-2018, 06:33 PM   #925
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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher View Post
It's a kind of populism of the left. Any policy expert who understands statistics knows the gap is almost entirely about choices families make over child care and work-life balance. And yet politicians portray it as an issue of discrimination and systemic oppression. That's demagoguery, pure and simple. And it's frankly patronizing to women in its assumption that they don't understand statistics, or recognize why the disparity really exists. The decision of a mother to ease off her career in order to devote herself more to family life is only a problem for society if its not a choice entered into freely. And women like my wife deeply resent the stance of hardline feminists and the federal Liberals that it's a public duty to encourage women to spend more hours working outside the home. She doesn't want to.
Not only that but it all goes against a good family structure. There are many moms across the country who knowingly and willingly sacrifice a good career in order to spend more time raising their kids. Why all of a sudden is there something wrong with that?
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