Leave

~ Clarissa

N’s company gives 2 weeks of paternity leave at half pay. My public university doesn’t recognize fathers at all. Apparently, they are considered immaterial to a baby’s life.

But I got a good maternity leave and a flower arrangement from work:

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  2. “My public university doesn’t recognize fathers at all”

    My first thought was “How odd….” my experience with public universities would indicate that male employees there (both academic and support staff) would be among the most appreciative of paternal leave.

    And then my sleeping internal cynical bastard re-awoke and I thought “Of course! that’s why they don’t offer it!” A man at a presumably private company would be far more likely (and motivated) to head back to work after the leave so it’s much safer to offer it.

    cultural trivia note (just in case you’re not aware though you probably are). Traditionally in the US married women are viewed with suspicion in the hiring process as it’s thought they’ll be more likely to use maternity leave and then quit. Married men are regarded as much safer as having a family to support (as goes the old cultural presumption) makes them more motivated to get and hold onto the job.

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    1. Traditionally in the US married women are viewed with suspicion in the hiring process as it’s thought they’ll be more likely to use maternity leave and then quit. Married men are regarded as much safer as having a family to support (as goes the old cultural presumption) makes them more motivated to get and hold onto the job.
      It’s all women. Although if you’re going to make dumb assumptions like that wouldn’t anybody who has dependents be more reliable, especially women ? People who are reliable are reliable through and through. People who aren’t will not be. I think a lot of this is disguised shit testing.

      With marriage patterns nowadays, you’re almost as likely to see women who have children and aren’t currently married.
      One of the job groups I subscribe to is full of asks by 1)pregnant women 2) single mothers or 3)felons. They lead off with those descriptors. I want to shake them and tell them to start off with what they can do.

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  3. “Traditionally in the US married women are viewed with suspicion in the hiring process as it’s thought they’ll be more likely to use maternity leave and then quit.”

    When I first went on the job market in the 1960’s, women were assumed to be less reliable employees, especially married women. If a couple applied for a mortgage, only the husband’s income could be considered. It was automatically assumed that a woman’s income was likely temporary, as she might become pregnant. There was no such thing as paid parental leave for anyone.

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