honestly it's extra rage-inducing that this "debate" between a few old men about whether parental leave should be guaranteed and paid in this country is happening simultaneously with Roe no longer being law of the land.
The government is reaffirming its position that women should have babies no matter what but that also the act of having a baby or parenting is so devoid of value that you should not be entitled to guaranteed paid leave for three months or even one (!).
FMLA, as it stands, doesn't even protect all workers from just not being fired for having a baby, but sure, man, let's just telegraph to the world how much we don't value women.
of course, everyone could and should benefit from paid family leave, I'm just suggesting here that if the *perception* weren't that this is a women's thing, we'd have these benefits already. We just really hate women.
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