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- From: kapa@cbnewsc.cb.att.com (k.a.perkins)
- Subject: Re: A Question
- Organization: AT&T
- Distribution: usa
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 22:40:24 GMT
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.224024.14096@cbnewsc.cb.att.com>
- Summary: paternity leave
- References: <1993Jan26.014209.15902@cgrg.ohio-state.edu>
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- In article <1993Jan26.014209.15902@cgrg.ohio-state.edu>, demetri@cgrg.ohio-state.edu writes:
- > In reference to men changing their names, I just remembered that I know of
- >
- > Back to the men, it reminds me of a case where a colleague of mine had
- > twins and her husband got strange reactions from his empoloyer about his
- > decision to take a few weeks of leave. How unfortunate that when a man
- > does try to take a more modern approach, he gets so little support.
-
- I know what you mean, but have actually seen the opposite case. At the
- company I work for, parental leave is
- equally available to men and women, but far more women than men
- actually take it. It's too bad because it is a good thing for
- our family, parents as well as child, for us to share the child
- care joys and work as much as possible. The only aspect that approaches
- a downside is that after I was back at work, I got a little tired
- of people, mostly women, saying how wonderful my husband was to
- take a 6 month leave of absence to take care of our baby. Yes,
- he is wonderful, but no one thought that I was wonderful for doing the
- exact same thing, i.e. 6 month leave of absence and 6 months of
- supporting our family. We have similar jobs and similar salaries. In my
- case, folks commented on how wonderful my employer was to let me
- do this. I don't dispute that either, because it is a wonderful
- benefit. I only wish to point out an example of men and women doing
- the exact same thing and society interprets it differently.
-