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Trump may soon offer a motherhood medal, an idea popularized in Nazi Germany (www.motherjones.com)

submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by MuskyMelon@lemmy.world to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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WTF

Edit: I wasn't sure what I was appalled by at first but now I realize it's that this fucking medal just encourages women to be treated no better than a prized heifer.

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[–] NateNate60@lemmy.world 155 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (32 children)

Governments are always offering weird wacky incentives for women to have children, when the solution is usually patently obvious: you can increase fertility by making it easy and affordable to have children. Stipends for food, paid maternity/paternity leave, free childcare services, affordable housing, and a good economy with an abundance of high-paying jobs.

I mean... there's a reason the baby boom happened in the 50s! But no, that would be socialism!!

[–] Saleh@feddit.org 10 points 3 days ago (5 children)

IIRC. the US is one in two countries in the entire world that does not offer paid maternity leave.

[–] NateNate60@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I'm pretty sure Somalia does not have paid maternity leave

[–] Saleh@feddit.org 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parental_leave#By_continent

National laws vary widely according to the politics of each jurisdiction. As of 2012, only two countries do not mandate paid time off for new parents: Papua New Guinea and the United States.

Somalia 14 [weeks] 50% [pay] Employer liability [source of pay]

[–] NateNate60@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Somalia does not have a functioning state apparatus to enforce any of its laws in most of the country

[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip -1 points 3 days ago

Because all the Sommelier babies are wine-drunk.

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