Women want equality but always need something extra. How about you stay home with the kid, and have dinner ready when I come home with the check like god intended? Or here's an idea, if you cant afford a kid on one income dont fucking have one.
I'm not sure the government should be regulating this, but cheers to any private company that offers it as one of their benefits. And really, San Francisco is a progressive city politically, if you are a staunch conservative and just can't be bothered with pussy liberal hippie ideals, you probably should live somewhere else if you hate it so much.
Agreed 100% I have no kids and turning 30 this year because I cant afford kids. Now I have to work harder so irresponsible people can pop out hoodlums.
Same argument for family medical leave act. Some people take 2 months paid vacation to watch a family member die while I carry their work load. When my grandpa died I took 2 days off. 1 to drive to the funeral, attend, and sleep, 1 to drive back. People die. Part of life. Sack the fuck up and carry on.
You won't understand what I'm going to say but it's time for a little real talk. Paternity leave is the best thing that has happened to (middle class and upper middle class) white people in years. You see white people in this country are scared. No seriously they are. Everywhere they look there are more and more people who aren't white. Almost monthly there is some new article out there showing that white people will eventually be the minority in the USA. But when you look at the statistics, (middle class and upper middle class) white people are breeding less and less. Crazy huh? I mean the easiest way to solve this slipping into minority status is for (middle class and upper middle class) white people to start making more babies. So why aren't Mr and Mrs White person having more kids? Money. And we're not talking about the added expense of having kids. We're talking about career setbacks. You see when it's time for (middle class and upper middle class) white mommy to have baby they leave the workforce. When looking at the cost of daycare of an infant, trying to find a place close enough to breast feed the little bugger during lunch time, and all sorts of other mother/baby/family bonding it often makes sense for multiple reasons that you don't really care about for one parent to leave their job for a while. But... When it's time to reenter the workforce you're coming back at a lower paying position than when you left. (This contributes to why women make less than men do in the same profession. Men don't leave to have babies (as often). ) You graduate from college, get a job as an assistant manager at the Acme Cog factory, work your ass off, get promoted to manager, husband says, "hey hun, lets have a baby!" You leave, have your cute little white baby, spend a year raising/bonding/changing diapers. And it's time to reenter the job market. So... you end up getting a job at Zzz Cog factory as an assistant manager. Fuck! You have the expense of an extra mouth to feed but you're making less money than when it was just you and your husband. Oh well, hard work will get you that raise and promotion but the next time hubby says lets make a baby you tell him to fuck the hell off. This is why Family Leave is good for whitey. It reduces the financial setback that occurs when they decide to have more future (middle class and upper middle class) white people. Mama takes a pause in her career to have her babies instead of having to restart her career. That means much higher career earnings, more minivans bought, private school enrollment, bigger houses, etc. It's a boost to the economy and it slows white people's slide into minority status. Save white people! Make it easier for them to breed!
