Comments on: The Cruel Tyranny of the Childless http://kerryhowley.com/2008/04/06/the-cruel-tyranny-of-the-childless/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:29:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Keeva http://kerryhowley.com/2008/04/06/the-cruel-tyranny-of-the-childless/comment-page-1/#comment-476 Keeva Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:06:27 +0000 http://kerryhowley.com/?p=78#comment-476 This is another indicator that children are more a resume point for parents than actual valued offspring. Apparently it is considered a requirement that a woman put her career on hold to have a child. Any woman that willingly declines is viewed as somehow defective. It also furthers the social belief that all women are nothing more than baby machines regardless of their careers and lifestyle. As to the highly educated women being pointed at, nobody ever points at the single, childless male that chose career over starting a family. Apparently it is OK for the male of the species to forego procreation while the female is expected to produce children. All that is gained from this study is further justification for the professional woman who uses her child as a trophy to be shown at the office come promotion time. This is another indicator that children are more a resume point for parents than actual valued offspring.

Apparently it is considered a requirement that a woman put her career on hold to have a child. Any woman that willingly declines is viewed as somehow defective.

It also furthers the social belief that all women are nothing more than baby machines regardless of their careers and lifestyle.

As to the highly educated women being pointed at, nobody ever points at the single, childless male that chose career over starting a family. Apparently it is OK for the male of the species to forego procreation while the female is expected to produce children.

All that is gained from this study is further justification for the professional woman who uses her child as a trophy to be shown at the office come promotion time.

]]> By: Kevin O'Reilly http://kerryhowley.com/2008/04/06/the-cruel-tyranny-of-the-childless/comment-page-1/#comment-469 Kevin O'Reilly Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:43:01 +0000 http://kerryhowley.com/?p=78#comment-469 I'm curious what the data is to support your contention that pregancy has a "significant toll" on a woman's lifetime earnings. If the 6 percent of women who voluntarily forgo children are highly educated, wouldn't that throw off the comparison between these two groups. I assume that whatever studies have been done are controlling for education, etc., but it's a confounding variable that might be difficult to completely disentangle. I’m curious what the data is to support your contention that pregancy has a “significant toll” on a woman’s lifetime earnings. If the 6 percent of women who voluntarily forgo children are highly educated, wouldn’t that throw off the comparison between these two groups. I assume that whatever studies have been done are controlling for education, etc., but it’s a confounding variable that might be difficult to completely disentangle.

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