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Legal feminists take on the judiciary

Wait a second here ... all you have to do is show up , do your job , not take breaks to have babies , put in the overtime , take as few sick days as possible , and keep your personal life at home . If you want more than that to rise to the top of any profession then you're asking for privileges , not "equality" . It never fails to amaze me how we feel the need to tailor professions to suit those engaging in them rather than those engaging in them adapting to the needs of their CHOSEN professions . If women are equals then there's no need to lower the bar (double entendre fully intentional) It may not go down well with those seeking special treatment but the truth is that women make just as much as men do when all factors are accounted for . What some womens' advocates base their arguments on is the tenuous (at best) presumption that women are discriminated against by institutional discrimination . This simply doesn't stand up to any close scrutiny . The fact is that men only seem to make more money for the same time spent on the job . What really happens is that women often choose to take breaks to raise children and otherwise focus their lives around the family rather than the career . That's fine of course but if you're not at work for six months you're not going to get promoted either . That's not unfair . Unfair would be getting promoted simply because some ideologue believes it's discriminatory if you're not getting the same pay as somebody who worked significantly more than you did .

26-Oct-2011

2:18 pm