I can’t remember when I first heard it. “We won’t need any special allowances.” However they have and they do.

You ask to whom am I referring. Many know or have suspicions. Everyone should know.

As women complained that they were not getting equal pay. I, and others tried to explain, women always need allowances. They need more time off. They frequently quit when they marry. Some work requires strength, sometimes much more.

Now, just as anticipated, women need, what, 8 weeks paternity leave. Don’t try to tell me they carry their weight. I worked in a computer room with two women and there were two of us men. Guess who carried all the 40 lb boxes up two flights of stairs. I am sure the man already there was glad I hired on. His load instantly decreased by half.

It does make me wonder, though I never had the courage ask, what would they do if the 2 of us men had to leave. My best guess, they would find someone from another department.

Don’t get me wrong. I am the first one to yell, equal work, equal pay. Only, if women do less work, they should get reduced pay. The instant they demand special allowances, it is not equal work.