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niyad

(113,278 posts)
1. the mommy track strikes again. women don't make as much because they take care of children.
Thu Nov 29, 2012, 08:45 PM
Nov 2012

what in the hell does that say about our society--there is no such thing as the daddy track, because, after all, men don't need to bother their heads about their families. I have been waiting for this to change my whole life--sadly, does not look like it ever will. a presidential candidate in 2012 can say, "yes, she has flex time so she can go home at 5 and fix dinner" and isn't booed off the stage.

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