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> How is this fair?

Well, if I were going to argue the case I would probably start with the impossibility of any man ever getting that opportunity. Of course, whether those figures are enough or given out in the right way to the right people at the right time, all of those details can be argued over, but if you're going to start with fairness as your argument you'd better address the elephant in the room first.

> AND that men are forced to take an equal time of

Why is it right that anyone is forced to do anything so that your political views are enacted?

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equality ends where it hurts the capital

let me give you an example

good equality: have more women enter workforce so the pool of candidates is bigger and the salaries (expenses) decrease

bad equality: pay for parental leave of both parents

Yeah, I'm constantly surprised that nobody every says this. With women entering the work force, now the family as a whole needs to work almost twice as much, as before when women were house wives. That's a pretty hefty price to pay for everyone, to save those women who were unlucky to have a cruel or unfair husband. I don't know if it's possible to say if it's "worth it" or not, but this independence sure does not come for free.

> With women entering the work force

What year is it again?

> That's a pretty hefty price to pay for everyone, to save those women who were unlucky to have a cruel or unfair husband.

Uh, I don't think that's the trade off here.

> I don't know if it's possible to say if it's "worth it" or not, but this independence sure does not come for free.

When one option is to go full Taliban, it's actually pretty easy to say if it's "worth it".

why can't a new law be passed to reduce from 40 hour week to 20 hour week now that women are in workforce?

Yeah this is what I'm wondering too, seems like this is the obvious part of the deal that was somehow missed?

It makes perfect sense, and it would also be fair and benefit both single/childless people as well as people with children.

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