WOW, some seriously outdated and old fashioned thinking, no wonder CS regulations are so slow to change if people really believe what they wrote.
For people who live in the present, there IS NO WAGE GAP between men and women. Women CHOOSE professions that pay less and CHOOSE to work FEWER HOURS. Women CHOOSE jobs that are lower RISK of harm (mining, oil field, construction etc. are mostly done by men). If you are going to risk your life when you go to work, you should get paid MORE. WHEN EDUCATION, AND WORK EXPERIENCE ARE THE SAME THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE IN THE PAY BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN. Women like jobs with more benefits, like time off and health, they don't place as high a value on PAY. But if you want to become an engineer and work as hard as a man YOU WILL GET PAID THE SAME.
Now onto child care. IF YOU SPLIT THE CHILD CARE WITH YOUR HUSBAND EQUALLY, YOU NO LONGER HAVE THE EXCUSE THAT "WOMEN DO MOST OF THE CHILD CARE". You see, it really is a catch 22 - if you think you get paid less cause you have to take time off work etc. to care for your child, or do more - THEN SPLIT THE PARENTAL LEAVE WITH YOUR PARTNER. You can do that in CANADA NOW, but how many women make that CHOICE?! Or when they are little - mother takes 1st year off, father second etc.
After a divorce if you split custody of the kids YOU'LL HAVE MORE TIME FOR WORKING, THUS NOT HAMPERING YOUR CAREER. Whoops, there goes your excuse that you make LESS than men, har har.
AS A WOMAN I FIND IT REALLY TIRING WHEN WOMEN DON'T LOOK AT THE CHOICES THEY MAKE, AND HOW THESE CHOICES AFFECT THEIR LIVES. Woman are NOT infantile people who get used and abused by a corrupt man powered world, no matter how much you want to make yourself out to be a victim, as women so often do.
So the answer is YES, women get preferrential treatment, and there really IS NO GOOD REASON for it, because women are equal in all areas, IF THEY SO CHOOSE TO BE, and falling back on the "victim" mentality will just keep women down by thinking of themselves as infantile citizens who are not responsible for their own choices.
Men can do just as good a job at raising kids - IF MOTHERS AND THE COURTS WOULD JUST GIVE THEM THE CHANCE.
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