PAID PARENTAL LEAVE II: Maternity leave and the mother wars*

A brand new survey of what women really want concerning paid maternity leave is most revealing. Contrary to the usual line that basically all women want a paid career, with perhaps family thrown in on the side, this new Galaxy poll finds overwhelming support for the importance of stay-at-home mothering.Commissioned by the Australian Family Association, the poll asked over 1,000 people whether government-financed paid parental leave (PPL) should go to stay-at-home mothers, as well as to those in …

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