and that right there is discrimination. you don't know when hiring someone how long that person will stay. to make assumptions based upon gender and if that person has kids is discriminatory. really your post is kind of saying that employers find it more convenient to employ men with kids than women with kids. of course this will create a perpetuating cycle. in a couple, the parent earning more money will probably be the one who keeps the consistent f/t job. if it's possible for one of them to work less, the lower earning parent may then spend more time with the kids doing the domestic work. this lower paid parent is usually the mother.
inequality is not justifiable on the basis of what is more convenient according to the status quo. but the status quo often ends up being used in defense of discrimination as though it just isn't possible to run the system in a way that benefits everyone equally, not just those in privileged groups.



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