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rollingrock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 05:59 PM Original message |
Mandatory Paid Maternity Leave - In every country but the US |
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Twist_U_Up (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
1. As a slave "civilian," |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 06:05 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Do they taste like Chocolate or, if nothing else, Tommy Lee? |
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Twist_U_Up (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 06:14 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. you tell me |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
3. I'm afraid the answer to your question is easy: |
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rollingrock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 06:09 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Huh? |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 06:17 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. If men were the ones to need the time to recover from childbirth |
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rollingrock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 06:28 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. Ahh, got it |
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AwakeAtLast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 09:03 PM Response to Reply #11 |
29. And birth control and abortions would be available for free |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 09:06 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Yup. nt |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 06:10 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Some countries have paternity leave as well. |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 06:19 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. Yup |
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rollingrock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 06:22 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. Yep. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 06:29 PM Response to Reply #3 |
18. They don't get pregnant in the rest of the hemisphere either n/t |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-21-09 09:16 AM Response to Reply #3 |
38. As far as I can tell, Canadian men don't get pregnant either...nt |
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Lucy Goosey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
4. Woah - I had no idea. |
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rollingrock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 06:14 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Probably never |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 10:15 PM Response to Reply #7 |
33. You mean, too many Americans are busy watching FOX news, hearing "AMERICA = FREEDOM!" |
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DebbieCDC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 06:15 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Not until their beer, doritos and NFL on the big screen TV are taken away |
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michreject (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 08:59 PM Response to Reply #10 |
28. They can at least wait |
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AllyCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 06:25 PM Response to Reply #4 |
16. They will right after American Idol is over. But then we have football, and then |
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Libertas1776 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
8. Funny how the fundies that rule this country |
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AllyCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
14. Remember...once you are out of the womb, you are on your own! |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
15. sheeeit. my hubby boss sittin in labor room chatting business with him while my epidural was fading |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
19. That is so sad. Caring for a newborn is a tremendous amount of work. |
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lifesbeautifulmagic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
20. better vacation time, better vacation pay |
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Blue Diadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
21. My daughter couldn't even take 6 weeks unpaid off. Her work kept calling |
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rollingrock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 07:24 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. I bet a lot of women |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 07:24 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Her boss is breaking the law. |
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Blue Diadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-21-09 07:51 AM Response to Reply #25 |
36. I don't think they employed enough people to qualify. |
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jtrockville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 07:16 PM Response to Original message |
22. People in every other country don't mind government intrusion. |
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mrbarber (884 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
23. What a shock. |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
26. Where are the Pro-lifers...they care about the fetus but not the baby. |
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glowing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 08:55 PM Response to Original message |
27. Time for women to make their way into the seat of power... I think family |
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followthemoney (745 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 09:13 PM Response to Original message |
31. U.S. is a brutal nation of misogynists, racists, unprovoked attacks against ... |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 09:42 PM Response to Original message |
32. And they have just figured out that breastfeeding, as opposed to formula, makes babies |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 11:20 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. They figured that one out a long time ago. Ten IQ points different, on average. |
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AspenRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 11:13 PM Response to Original message |
34. Aaaaugh! |
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pleah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-21-09 08:39 AM Response to Original message |
37. K& R |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-21-09 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
39. "Family Values"....doncha just love it.... |
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4_TN_TITANS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-21-09 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
40. I got an out-of-office response to an email |
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Eyerish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-21-09 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
41. K&R |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-21-09 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
42. even the small island of Bermuda has paid maternity leave. |
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CBR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-21-09 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
43. A friend of mine from Canada was shocked when I |
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