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sigh – i’d love to be a stay at home dad.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at January 19, 2010 1:15 PM
DH, there’s a few steps before that – such as getting a girl pregnant and the little bugger pops out and then the girl is still with you and willing to be the financial support.
Right, LFW, but Michelle left Sidley when she had kids!
Like you said, doesn’t work for law firms that function on billables, but is otherwise totally fine and I’m sure other industries do make better sense of it.
vienamese????
…yes, that was a joke. 😉
although, in the right circumstances…
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HA!!! dipster!!! what happened at the Subway sandwich shop on layfayette? me and my coworker just went there earlier for lunch 9she had soupons) and there were all these cops in there and they wouldnt let anyone in. we woundx up going to a vienamese sandiwch shop in chinatown (first time i ever had a vienamese sandwich). it was kinda gross.. but i ate the tofu curry kind and sometimes tofu just tastes nasty.
*rob*
Jessibaby, many women have done that. Look at Michelle Obama.
And time could mean squat against efficiency. If a woman can get more done within an allotted timeslot than a man, should she be paid less? I would think not. With attorneys, it’s a different story. It’s all about billable hours so if you don’t put in the time, you won’t be paid so under that scenario, I’d have to agree.
The problem w/ being a “kept” person is the same as the downside of the nanny state – you lose autonomy.
“Very old fashioned to think having a kid means you are not committed to the job (if you are a woman). Advancement should be based on performance, not whether you have a kid”
Slope, it is old fashioned but also based in biology and the reality of making partner at a big firm. With the woman as primary caretaker (nobody worries about a kid’s well-being and development when dad returns to work after a few weeks of a child’s birth) it’s very difficult to take care of kid and also put in the hours necessary to make partner. Women shouldn’t be treated to a different standard because of life choices. If you can still put in the hours, of course you shouldn’t be judged.