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Re: Is this sexism?
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Thu, 28 Jun 2001 23:17:25 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Eaton writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Tanya K. Burkhart writes:
> > > So, if they DON'T choose it, is it sexist/unfair to give women paid time
> > > off? Likewise, couldn't a woman choose to take the pill to at least lessen
> > > the effects of PMS?
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> > I was just reading until this little comment happened.
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> Uh oh-- I better jump in and clarify. That sounded bad on my part.
Okay - point taken - sorry to jump down your throat.
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> > Sometimes the cure is worse than the disease, guys.
> >
> > Stroke, heart attack, pulmonary
embolism - not using the spell-check
> > - take your pick
> > of gory side-effects from the wonder-drug of the 20th century.
Snip
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> However. I don't mind being *NOT* 'fair'. I don't have kids (could you tell?
> :) )
Haha - yeah, I could tell... ;)
> so I theoretically work harder and contribute more to the company than
> someone *with* kids-- or at least harder than I *would* if *I* had kids. Do
> I "deserve" more *from* the company?
How about the guy who works his tail off 50+ a week to support his family?
Does he deserve more? (Since we are totally derailed from the original
topic here...)
I'll try to not chew the next person's head off, okay?
~~Tanya
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| (...) Well-- my point would be that the guy who works 50+ hours a week to support his family "deserves" (in a purely philosophically 'fair' world) exactly the same amount as the guy who works 50+ hours a week just to be rich. The fact that he's (...) (23 years ago, 28-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Uh oh-- I better jump in and clarify. That sounded bad on my part. (...) I guess where I was going with that wasn't to suggest that having PMS *was* a choice-- I don't think it is. It was to say if it *were* a choice, would it be treated (...) (23 years ago, 28-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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