Coddling, Ugh... Options

[*CrackedRearView*]

I was the center of a very heated debate in my Lit class today...

We were reading about the advancement of women via The Norton Reader...and our instructor asked us a critical thinking question, I can't remember it now, but it sparked the debate.

A propos, I was pitted against the most liberal person I know, Courtney Brown, and she despises the fact that I'm the most conservative guy in the class.

So, long story short -- she goes off on a spiel about how women still don't get paid as much as men in the working world, I reply with the fact that over half of all wall street CEO's are now women, she returns with "It's only fair to give the qualified women the jobs."

It disgusts me...why should we have to coddle different races/genders now?

It happened, it's done, move on.

She said something along the lines of "Well, the guy's have had the stage for thousands of years, it's our turn now."

Actually sweetheart, I've only been here for 17. It's not mine nor any of my colleagues goddamn problems.

[ComradeRed]

Yes, women DO get pregnant on their own, but when a guy gets a woman pregnant, the guy doesn't take time off. The guy doesn't ask for maternity pay and child support. I'm not saying it's the entirely the woman's fault for getting pregnant, but it isn't the boss's fault either. Women are the ones who take time off from work for getting prenant -- that's just how it is. Men don't do that. If you were a boss, and you had a choice betwene hiring someone who would come to work every day and paying him a salary of $50,000 versus hiring someone who could get a year off for pregnancies, and you'd have to pay her $50,000 while she DOESN'T WORK, and maternity pay and child support on top of that, why would you NOT choose the man?