Comment Opportunities (Score 1) 427
First, men and women are not the same. One would think this is obvious, but it is not noticeable when people speak about opportunities. If I thought that there was a chance a woman would get pregnant and require a substantial leave of absence, why would I want to entrust a great deal of responsibility to her? This is not sexist; it is sensible.
Women are the compassionate sex. They leave work to take care of aging parents or sick family more often than men. They give birth and raise children. They require more time away from work, so if there is a gap in opportunity because of that, that is understandable and not inequality, but the market adjusting to reflect the difference in the sexes. Trying to treat a woman as a man should be humiliating,not galvanizing.