Men and Women equal? No, never.

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An employer doesn't have to pay maternity pay. But all mothers are entitled to maternity pay. We have statutory maternity pay for women who can't get it from their employer.

I'm all for one parent taking a year off work to look after a new baby. It really really pisses me off when people stick their newborn babies in childcare and never see them. It is so unhealthy for such a young baby to spend more time with strangers than their parents. They shouldn't have a baby if they have no intention of taking care of them.

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Mo, excluding activities that require the use of genitals, what do you think you can you do because you are a man that I cannot do because I am a woman?

I prefer to speak in generalities because using specifics, in particular ourselves, in such a delicate topic might lead to personal vendettas, injured feelings etc. I have given some examples already of discrimination that does exist in the real world because of the different attributes of the two genders. If you're seeking a utopian world of full equality, it's never going to happen, there's a reason why Usain Bolt is only allowed to compete against men in the Olympics and it's not because women are inferior. It's because women are not capable of competing in that particular attribute or sub section of life. But who gave birth to Usain Bolt? A woman. So all I'm saying is that comparing men and women is like comparing apples and oranges, sometimes you cannot use the measuring stick metaphorically (but in the Olympics it's literal; the same measuring stick or measuring scale isn't used in the Olympics).