Except that you can’t truly judge opinions of Warren when she’s a hypothetical candidate and therefore not seen as actual threat. It’s disingenuous to pretend that a lot of that supposed good will wouldn’t evaporate the moment she had to temerity to run for president while possessing a vagina.

THIS. ALL OF THIS. Nothing will change unless leave is “take it or lose it” for both partners in all companies. It’ll force men to start taking leave and suddenly it won’t be a “women’s issue” or “productivity gap” anymore.

Because I so very much support leave pay being only a percentage of one’s actual pay.

It’s all about dedication to the company, and right now, there’s such a high demand for perceived loyalty that even a dad taking a few days off to look after his sick kid is seen as slacking.

Greenfield writes that men don’t take leave for a variety of personal reasons, one of which is that they report feeling judged for using the paternity time off they’re given. To “lead by example,” Mark Zuckerberg recently took two of the four months Facebook offers new dads

Can confirm. I work for a pretty established tech company that’s been around for awhile. My husband works for a tech startup. Should I get knocked up, his paternity leave is longer than my maternity leave (he gets 8 weeks to my 6).

Ugh, this. When the last recession hit, all my friends were in the oilfield. The females sucked it up and took shitty, low paying jobs because they needed to pay the bills... the men pretty much refused and decided that living on Unemployment Insurance was preferable. Such bullshit.

I should have called you on this before, but it's remarkably shitty to pretend that waitressing is the bastion of hot women in your town and then go on to exclude family restaurants because they don't suit your prejudices. Yeah, there's a certain level of dining joints that subsists off hiring young, often attractive,…

I know a handful of overweight and plain looking women that work(ed) at Cactus Club.

Let's not discount the retail industry. I mean, I get the privilege of working 60+ hours every week managing a kid's shoe store and in return, I don't make poverty line wages anymore. Yes, my entire body hurts most days and I only see my husband for a few hours a week. It's a small price to pay in order to give close…

I mean, like I said to doit2julia—I live in NY and while I've certainly been to such establishments, I wouldn't go so far as to say they are the majority.

Oh, I mean obviously such places exist. (I mean... I'm a New Yorker, I get it.) But 98% of restaurants? Again, I'm a New Yorker: if that were to be true anywhere it would be true here, and I wouldn't go that far.

ME TOO!! I AM A SUPERMODEL!

Apparently there is a 98% chance that I looked like a model in my 20s and early 30s.

You're correct. Also correct on the nurses, although I think lots of men would probably still laugh at the idea that they become a nurse, as sad and stupid as that is. I think it's still very female-heavy.

We just need to leaaannnnn further in and get that managerial position at Denny's. Who's coming with me ladies?

Thus proving that women shouldn't go to college at all because they'll just end up in the kitchen.

Seriously, Gawker Universe. Can we lay off the higher education stuff today? I'm already in full-on rocking-in-my-pjamas-at-noon mode. How about a Squee article for this debt-laden, adjunct-employed,…

I need to start eating at different restaurants.

...where the hell are you eating? ;-)

But how much of that is because a lot of men would rather remain unemployed that take those jobs?