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Or, you know, businesses and societies could leave that as a courtesy to just those that did chose to have children -- a group of people that every society that cares about sustaining itself forward should encourage and respect.


Sure. Everybody likes grand gestures. Nobody likes paying for them.

As a social responsibility it's not on private businesses to cover the cost. Pay for it through taxation.

Until then - my choice is a competitive advantage.


I'm going to guess you will get more growth in your career by learning how to be empathetic than negotiating with such an asinine argument.


And I am going to guess that knowing when to be strategically empathetic in a negotiation is going to get me even further.


> strategically empathetic

aka, the sociopathic mentality.


Exercising my freedom of choice is sociopathic?

Empathy is not the be all and end all. https://www.amazon.com/Against-Empathy-Case-Rational-Compass...


Also, shame on you for imposing empathy as a social norm!

https://psychcentral.com/lib/neuroscience-sheds-light-on-why...


Many countries have maternity leave as a payroll tax (for both genders). Even China has this.


>Sure. Everybody likes grand gestures. Nobody likes paying for them. As a social responsibility it's not on private businesses to cover the cost.

That's just a law away. Some countries do have private businesses to cover the cost.

Private businesses are not holy cows.




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