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0 pointsllbeansandrice3y ago0 comments

Yeah I'm floored by these takes. God forbid society rewards child rearing with decent parental leave and accepting small resume gaps. Can't even consider things like government or job sponsored child-care or benefits to make things like breastfeeding easier while working. Changing to part-time for a period of time with a newborn, etc.

The possibilities are endless to make having a child easier for both mothers and fathers and people are stuck on "women have to breastfeed so they have to sacrifice their careers".

Why not something like a GI-bills structure to reward having children? Blows my damn mind people think sacrifice is a necessary part of having a child from society's point of view.

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jimbokun3y ago

Except for surrogates and wet nurses, you cannot delegate pregnancy and breast feeding.

You can make things more equal between men and women. But some unescapable biological realities still exist.

> Why not something like a GI-bills structure to reward having children? Blows my damn mind people think sacrifice is a necessary part of having a child from society's point of view.

Sounds something that Mitt Romney and moderate Republicans (if there are any other ones left) would be all in favor of. Would be a popular bi-partisan policy proposal in a sane US political environment.

watwut3y ago

Exclusive breast feeding takes 6 months maximum. It is not that much time actually. The pregnancy can be difficult, but most of them are not and most contemporary job are not affected by pregnancy all that much. Even if all families had 3 kids (more then they have) the time spend by breastfeeding is 18 months total.

It is insignificant. What does matter waaay more are years and years after pregnancy and breastfeeding. How the care is split during those years, how much the parent going to pick up kids is penalized in the workplace.

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