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Woman's equality
Posted on 5/21/14 at 8:39 am
Posted on 5/21/14 at 8:39 am
when HuffPost Live interviewed Skepchick.org founder Rebecca Watson and Mikki Kendall, editor at Hood feminism.com, the women got positively cranky.
"Just by asking the question, 'Should women get paid menstruation leave?' biases the listener into saying, 'Oh, of course not,' because you're talking about special treatment," said Watson.
"But if you were to say, should men get paid time off if they were kicked in the testicles, yes, like if you have a medical problem, you should get to take time off," she added.
Of course, men typically don’t get kicked in the testicles every month, but who’s counting?
Watson continued:
And again, what we’re talking about, really, is just simple workers’ rights. Studies show that when you give a worker unlimited sick days, compared to a restricted number of sick days, they actually take fewer sick days and they’re happier and more productive.
Ask employers trying to make a profit about unlimited sick days, Rebecca.
Kendall was just as sure as Watson that menstrual leave was necessary, saying:
Just give us all more paid leave. Most people, for one reason or another, probably need a couple days off in a given month because of illness, because of family emergencies, because they woke up that day and they don’t feel great and they’re just overwrought and overtired, whatever. And so if we increase the amount of PTO available to all employees, you’d see a healthier workplace, among other things. People would stop coming to work with the flu and spreading their disease and germs to everyone else.
Because, as we all know, menstruation is contagious.
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Posted on 5/21/14 at 8:41 am to Jbird
quote:Why would women want to drop down to our level?
Woman's equality
Posted on 5/21/14 at 8:44 am to Jbird
I think menstruation leave is a little extreme... maybe if a woman has particularly bad symptoms and can produce a doctor's note stating that they are somehow debilitating, it could be justifiable. But that's an edge case scenario and I'm not even sure if that kind of thing happens.
My wife certainly suffers each month but it doesn't impede her productivity.
My wife certainly suffers each month but it doesn't impede her productivity.
Posted on 5/21/14 at 8:44 am to LSURussian
quote:Equality over alles!
Why would women want to drop down to our level?
Posted on 5/21/14 at 8:45 am to Hog on the Hill
quote:So she still makes you a sammich whilst cramping?
My wife certainly suffers each month but it doesn't impede her productivity.
Posted on 5/21/14 at 8:49 am to Jbird
quote:
Of course, men typically don’t get kicked in the testicles every month,
If you're married to one of these feminist chicks you probably do.
Posted on 5/21/14 at 8:50 am to constant cough
quote:If you are married to one of them you deserve to get your grapes kicked up to your ears.
If you're married to one of these feminist chicks you probably do.
Posted on 5/21/14 at 8:52 am to Jbird
I thought Obama told us we are better off not being trapped in a job anyway? Why don't these ladies just quit?
Posted on 5/21/14 at 8:55 am to Jbird
quote:
Rebecca Watson
Based on what she has said in the past she is a raging sexist.
Posted on 5/21/14 at 8:57 am to UncleFestersLegs
quote:Considering this horrible treatment compounded by earning so much less, they shoud quit.
Why don't these ladies just quit?
This post was edited on 5/21/14 at 8:58 am
Posted on 5/21/14 at 8:58 am to MagicCityBlazer
quote:I can only imagine what kind of gems have come from this woman.
Based on what she has said in the past she is a raging sexist.
Posted on 5/21/14 at 9:16 am to Jbird
quote:
'Should women get paid menstruation leave?'
I would pay money to not have to be around a bitch on the rag.
I'm good for a least a couple of dimes or perhaps a nice, shiny quarter.
By the way ... menstration is not the equivalent of getting kicked in the balls. That would be the Falcon Punch.
quote:
Mikki Kendall
Probably better for people like this to just not fricking apply for any job. Clearly useless.
Posted on 5/21/14 at 9:17 am to navy
quote:
at would be the Falcon Punch.
Posted on 5/21/14 at 9:21 am to Jbird
Rebecca Watson Gems part 1.
-Rebecca Watson
LINK
On being asked about why women don't attend skeptical conferences as much as men -
-Rebecca Watson
LINK
quote:
"...[educated men] who find feminism distasteful, and would rather not hear about feminism are worse than rape threats"
-Rebecca Watson
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On being asked about why women don't attend skeptical conferences as much as men -
quote:
[...] You know, since starting Skepchick, I've heard from a lot of women who don't attend events like this because of those of you who have this attitude. They're tired of being objectified, and some of them have actually been raped; quite a number of them have been raped, or otherwise sexually assaulted.[...] They're scared, because they know that you won't stand up for them. And if they stand up for themselves, you're going to laugh them back down. And that's why they're not coming out to these events.
-Rebecca Watson
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This post was edited on 5/21/14 at 9:22 am
Posted on 5/21/14 at 9:23 am to MagicCityBlazer
I knew she had to have a ton of stupid in her.
Posted on 5/21/14 at 9:25 am to Jbird
quote:Yes, thankfully.
So she still makes you a sammich whilst cramping?
I do need to be careful about not stepping on her toes, though. She'll let me know pretty fast if I do.
Posted on 5/21/14 at 9:26 am to Hog on the Hill
quote:Keep an eye on the knife when the carzy woman is making that sammich.
Yes, thankfully.
I do need to be careful about not stepping on her toes, though. She'll let me know pretty fast if I do.
Posted on 5/21/14 at 10:36 am to Hog on the Hill
quote:
I think menstruation leave is a little extreme
Women have used PMS as a defense in their trials for murder.
Posted on 5/21/14 at 10:42 am to Hog on the Hill
quote:
Hog on the Hill
No offense ... and I can only speak for myself ... but it gets annoying seeing that rainbow over and over.
We get it ... you're pro-gay.
Posted on 5/21/14 at 10:43 am to navy
quote:
No offense ... and I can only speak for myself ... but it gets annoying seeing that rainbow over and over.
I think you gave him the mental fuel to fly that think in his sig for life.
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