The ignorance is strong with this one. He says the “Of course I’m a feminist; I have a daughter!” claim...
The ignorance is strong with this one.
He says the “Of course I’m a feminist; I have a daughter!” claim of many fathers is an easy but empty response to gender bias and inequality.
True. But my response is an excellent one: there is no significant gender bias or inequality in the workplace today. The facts clearly demonstrate this. It doesn't exist.
Yes, mothers who leave the workforce and later come back can have a hard time. But a man who leaves and comes back would have a hard time, too. It's not about gender bias or inequality, it's about individual choices and the logical effect of those choices on your marketability. Those choices explain all of the wage gap between men and women.
So frankly, the father is not being a feminist at all, because by saving money for her to make up for her future pay gap, he is assuming his daughter will be making certain choices ... which is pretty much the opposite of feminism.
He says the “Of course I’m a feminist; I have a daughter!” claim of many fathers is an easy but empty response to gender bias and inequality.
True. But my response is an excellent one: there is no significant gender bias or inequality in the workplace today. The facts clearly demonstrate this. It doesn't exist.
Yes, mothers who leave the workforce and later come back can have a hard time. But a man who leaves and comes back would have a hard time, too. It's not about gender bias or inequality, it's about individual choices and the logical effect of those choices on your marketability. Those choices explain all of the wage gap between men and women.
So frankly, the father is not being a feminist at all, because by saving money for her to make up for her future pay gap, he is assuming his daughter will be making certain choices ... which is pretty much the opposite of feminism.
"It is the common fate of the indolent to see their rights become a prey to the active. The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance; which condition if he break, servitude is at once the consequence of his crime and the punishment of his guilt."
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