Homophobia compared with racism

[mightyroar]

that was no management double talk, that was a reference to another post on this same thread.

Ms B Wrote:

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> Based on what I see I don't agree that having

> children means women necessarily lose ground in

> the workplace. Each time I've taken time out of

> work (not child-related) I was surprised to find

> it seemed to count in my favour because I had used

> it to do something important to me (or so I told

> them, but that's another matter). Choosing for

> yourself to deprioritise your career to focus more

> on family life is another thing, of course. There

> is always a choice - if you spend time at home

> with your family because you believe going

> straight back to work is unfair to them, that's a

> choice based on your own values and meaning

> structure; so is going straight back to work

> because you don't want to waste the education you

> were lucky enough to get or rely on benefits.

> (Largely a middle class preoccupation, I've always

> felt - working classes traditionally didn't have

> the luxury of choice; upper classes didn't expect

> to raise their own children anyway.)

>

> And if you think you're being paid less than a man

> who does the same job, I'd say do something about

> it.

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[muffintop]

Shoot wrong thread, apologies! lol

[Guest]

Moos and I aren't arguing, we've just got our wires crossed. Sorry, Moos: due to the order of posts I understood yours as a sarcastic swipe at me.

Interestingly, I find just the words 'investment bank' are enough to set many people off on one - try it next time you're at a party. Never mind that half of us aren't actually (dare I risk another innuendo attack) bankers and can't spot a credit derivative at ten paces.

[Moos]

Ah, now I see, gotcha. No worries. I do have a point of view on women/mothers in the workplace, but won't put it here as I don't want to derail the thread. Also, I basically can't be arsed. Maybe later..