Paying for dinner is kind gesture no matter who pays and I agree it is a nice feeling. Justifying an increased amount in pay because you pay for someone else's meal every now and then is not okay. It would be like saying "I host parties a lot and provide food for my guests. So naturally my pay should amount to more than theirs." You don't know a person's situation when hiring them so you can't justify lower pay by thinking "Well, she probably has a boyfriend/husband to pay for her meals and buy her jewelry and she'll probably never buy him anything nice. Therefore, the fact that she'll be paid less is okay."

Thank you!

Who was that directed at? @ozzyforpresident

I agree with soccer chick, but most places don't offer paternity leave and some don't even offer maternity leave and they have to use their vacation and sick days. If both maternity leave and paternity leave were offered it would benefit the child while eliminating the discrimination during the employment process since either sex could potentially take leave due to childcare.

No one is saying you as a person are sexist. The problem is that it has become institutionalized sexism. Which means the large companies and other institutions have this sort sexism written into their policies and it is reinforced every time the policy is used. So, yes, we need feminism because though you might believe in equality; It isn't equal and the policies and regulations allow.

Single women, lesbians, and even independent women are not having men pay for their meals. Also with the pregnancy thing, both paternity and maternity leave should be offered. This way, during the hiring process the fact that a woman might have to leave during the first few months after the baby is born wouldn't be such a big problem because the same thing could happen to a father. This would even out the hiring platform and give the baby more time with both parents before being given to a nanny or something. For instance the mother could have the first three months off and the father could have the second three months off and the baby gets six months of care from their parents and not a stranger. It's a win-win situation. As far as physical labor goes if she can't do it, fine don't hire her. I understand that. However, just make sure you didn't assume she couldn't do the job because of her sex.

What does that have to do with perfect couples not existing?

So yeah I was right. In a way. It's been a while since I've read them.

mrssparklez just can't get her facts right today.

No. Look it up.