These things always sound good but my criticism about household incomes stands at this point.
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Replying to @Zacnaloen
That's always the cost of having a better work/life balance and will likely be a reason why many people won't take advantage of having the opportunity to have one.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @Zacnaloen
Also, people make those choices all the time. My husband doesn’t want to progress any further because he’d see us less and the extra few £k wouldn’t be worth our family time.
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So you're saying those men that don't already make that choice should be coerced/artificially encouraged into doing so? Because we can't reach forced 50/50 otherwise?
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Replying to @Hiryuu_Honyaku @HPluckrose
As long as it's a choice, and everyone gets given the same choices... honestly not much is going to change from current situation. Most mums will choose to be the primary care giver.
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Replying to @Zacnaloen @Hiryuu_Honyaku
I think it might change for a few people. So many couples I know have said the man didn't have the option to reduce hours and so it was down to her to do so. It was the case for us.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @Zacnaloen
Not every industry can afford to employ people with flexible hours. I would not be surprised to see most of those industries are also the ones with the higher % men.
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Replying to @Hiryuu_Honyaku @Zacnaloen
Do they cost more? But if a company really can't manage part-timers or flexible hours for some reason, I suppose it can't. I don't know enough about it. I just think they should offer men the same opportunities as women.
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I think it can make things awkward for employers but not necessarily more costly. Some of the dads at my company are on flexible working patters. The government doesn’t discriminate with its guidelines eitherhttps://www.gov.uk/flexible-working …
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I couldn't be bothered to look it up, but I didn't think there was any implied discrimination in the guide lines that would prevent people making these decisions already. Good to know.
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Just in practice, probably. My husband's last job found itself able to have flexible and part-time workers in the office (women) and not on the factory floor (men).
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