Why we need more (good) female traders

[Falstaff]

That generating children is still thought as having to magically happen without the biological time and effort of pregnancy and childbirth; that men are not questioned about their parenting intentions; that women are penalised or seen as unreliable ticking-time-bombs ‘in danger’ of saying any time ‘I am pregnant’; that a culture that sees becoming parents as a luxury lifestyle add-on is ultimately going to generate a Victorian attitude of ‘children should not be heard’.

As a father yourself you may sympathise with the fact that paternity leave is a joke and I really like what some companies are doing, namely allowing two parents to share the parenting leave, so mum can take 3 months and dad the other 3, for example. This is a much more balanced way to allow dads the pleasure of being more involved with seeing their baby’s first steps first hand.

So I think it is a good article because it raises a lot of good points.

I agree that it is a great article and raises a lot of good points, many of which can be seen in two (or more) ways.

In the comments section, one lady says ;

Donna Dryja • 5 days ago
As a woman, this pregnancy plan offends me. Trying to put yourself into “protected status” temporarily, recreates the reason some women didnt get hired in the past, therefore creating the need for protected status. Shes creating a negative circular logic and making women in the workplace look bad in general.

I tend to agree with that.

However I see many other “tones” as well - and I think I shall take it off to my “Project 84” thread - if that is ok with you ?

https://forums.babypips.com/t/project-84-wins-7-awards-12-men-kill-themselves-today-in-uk/152491

Please feel free to continue this discussion over there.

In the meanwhile I’ll leave you to adress @Dennis3450 point