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Originally Posted by ngdawg
Actually, it IS because they are women.
First, there's maternity leave, generally 2-4 weeks prior to delivery, 6 weeks after. So right there, you're talking 8 weeks less per year in the workforce. While parenthood is, ideally a choice, it isn't always.
Single parenthood: A disproportionate amount of single parents are women. This isn't always a choice and the jobs they take to support their families is not always an optimum choice as well and many take two or more lower paying jobs due to their personal economics and situations.
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I think what Toaster was saying is that there are things that women choose that cause the disparity. Having children is a choice.
"Accidents" don't make pregnancy compulsory; they are the consequences of making the choice to risk pregnancy (especially if not being careful) and engaging in sex.
But: Unless a woman spits out a kid every single year, this would only account for a loss in wages in any year that a woman bears a child. If you only ever have 2 kids, and you work for 35 years before you retire, that should be 33 years of regular pay. I don't think it's having kids that is causing a very large part of the disparity in pay.
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Separate issue: I have a friend who says that any woman who thinks it's appropriate for a man to buy her things and pay for the dinners and such is a whore, plain and simple. Why? Because you're essentially paying for sex, as far as he's concerned. The only girls he'll date are ones that realize that both people should be sharing things equally. Now obviously, if one of you is much better off than the other, there may be some accomodations... but by and large, it should be fairly 50/50.
His test is to go on two dinners with a girl, each of similar value. On the first, he offers to pick up the check. If they allow, and don't insist they split it, he waits to see what happens on the second date. If the girl offers to pay because he paid the first time, then game on! Otherwise, if she expects him to continue paying, she's essentially a prostitute in his eyes, and no relationship ever developes.
Note: I won't tell you how many women he's had sex with, but he's only ever dated 2 women. One for a few months, the other for about a year. Hence his constant decree of "women are whores". lol