IL'm a proud 55-year old woman who has faced much employment-based discrimination through the years. I faced not getting hired based on gender, fired because of race of spouse, passed over for promotion and raises as a single mom raising two kids with no child support because working men with a wife needed the money more-- and yes I was told that.  I have been bypassed for promo for Affirmative Actionn--and actually didn't take exception to that.  I've seen discrimination as it relates to health--though productivity NEVER suffered.  I've witnessed discrimination as it relates to weight.  I've seen discrimination on both sides of the age spectrum.

Yes, my Ssterhood. discrimination did and does exist.  As a feminist, I don'T like it.  What we feminists strove for is parity, AKA	equal opportunity.

What I witnessed today atop the list was gender bashing--largely by my Sisters.

We've come a long way, Baby.  The strides made in reconciling gender-based inequalities are many.  We are not on a par with some countries, and we've a ways to go, but some some of you don't recognize how far we've come.

Some who have bashed men fail to recognize that, as fathers, they deserve parrent bonding time too.  Men who attempt to take paternity leave are often discriminated against.  I will stipulate that some part of maternity leave is abou post-partum recovery.  Except for C-Section, that's usually about 2-3 weeks max, and yet mothers usually get at least 6 weeks. to bond.  A woman who adopts often gets the same 6 weeks.

But what of a man who opts to be off with his offspring?  Absent the  FMLA , his request is scoffed or denied.  Where is the parity there?

Before you get your knickers in a twist and use them as slingshots to hurl rocks at me, Girls, please stop and think about what you want--Special treatment because of our gender?  Or Equal Opportunity?

You cannot have both!

In Sisterhood!

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