| TruckOSaurus said: Sure some people abuse the system. It's true of men and women (not sure if it's the case in that particular story). One big disadvantage women have is that they usually have to make a choice between furthering their career or having a family. Men can manage to have both much more easily. Being on maternity leave will set them back a year (maybe more) as like you said promotions aren't handed out to people who aren't present. |
That's somewhat true, but on the flip side, women get to spend time with their new born, while in most countries (I heard that's not the case for Denmark) there is no paternity leave. So for fathers who have to work crazy hours, they not only get to see their infants much less, but they're probably also too tired to enjoy their moments with them.
Also, keep in mind that adoption is also an option for most (straight) couples. That way a woman would have to sacrifice her career as much as her husband.
But yes, overall, I agree, they are at a disavantage when it comes to that. My point is that while a lot of women (feminists or not) will remind you of that every now and then, I've yet to see a guy complain about being under pressure to provide for his family more than his wife or about being unable to spend as much time with his child as his wife does. If someone wants to be fair, they can't dismiss one and focus on the other (on what affects them only).
In other words, all I'm saying is that both sexes are at a disadvatange in some way but as a society we seem to focus almost exclusively on the issues that women face and only try to fix those.
