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Men's Group

noamnety

(20,234 posts)

1. Good lord.

Reply to hauweg (Original post)

Sat Sep 8, 2012, 11:30 AM

Sep 2012

If I read that right - men won't go into the field because as a traditionally female job, the pay sucks. And the solution is to pay men a little more and give them more benefits for doing the same work as women?

It seems like they are bypassing the root of the problem.

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Spiegel: Gender Gap - Desperately Seeking Male Child Care Workers [View all] hauweg Sep 2012 OP

Good lord. noamnety Sep 2012 #1

A low wage, no future, thankless job that involves children? Denninmi Sep 2012 #2

You have me beat by 9 minutes... MadrasT Sep 2012 #5

No way I'd work around children.. Upton Sep 2012 #3

Yeah, there's that too. Denninmi Sep 2012 #4

yup DPC.Comment Sep 2012 #6

Low success rate? DPC.Comment Sep 2012 #7

And just think, not only will you be assumed a weirdo for being an adult male 4th law of robotics Sep 2012 #8