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Bonobo

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2. That could be the history of it, but....

Reply to noamnety (Reply #1)

Tue Dec 4, 2012, 08:27 PM

Dec 2012

But the suggestion that men don't take the jobs because they are selfish or money-grubbing or don't care about children is obnoxious and untrue and it is much more likely that it is due to the economic imperative placed disproportionately on men.

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Buried stereotypes, one example (of many) [View all] Bonobo Dec 2012 OP

I understood teacher pay differently. noamnety Dec 2012 #1

That could be the history of it, but.... Bonobo Dec 2012 #2

Labor is subject to supply and demand. lumberjack_jeff Dec 2012 #4

Further, boys get the message that education isn't meant for them from an early age. lumberjack_jeff Dec 2012 #3