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Gay man gets 'maternity' leave in Brazil: Brazil’s social security agency has, for the first time, given a four-month "maternity" leave to a gay man so that he can care for his adopted child. (x/post from r/worldnews)

BioGenx2b

August 31, 2012

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http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/americas/brazil/120830/gay-man-gets-maternity-leave-brazil

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Title	Gay man gets 'maternity' leave in Brazil: Brazil’s social security agency has, for the first time, given a four-month "maternity" leave to a gay man so that he can care for his adopted child. (x/post from r/worldnews)
Author	BioGenx2b
Upvotes	47
Comments	43
Date	August 31, 2012 1:04 PM UTC (13 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
Original Link	https://old.reddit.com/r/MensRights/comments/z4suq/gay_man_gets_maternity_leave_in_brazil_brazils/
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Silva argued it would be discriminatory to deny him the longer leave, saying the agency had already approved four-month leaves for same-sex couples where both partners are women, reported the Associated Press.

When a straight man demands the longer leave some time in the future, he will argue that it would be discriminatory to deny him the longer leave, saying the agency had already approved four-month leaves for other men... and thus it will be easier for all men to get 4 months leave.

As for what it is called, I don't give a fuck if it is called maternity leave or paternity leave.

If men can get it just like women, it is progress.

Also, once all men can get it, men can petition to have the name changed arguing that it would be discriminatory to deny the proper name since it gives the same leave to men...

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The issue here is the conflation of the MRA with a movement for equality (and therefore egalitarianism). It is not.

Is this not the exact same thing that we bitch about from feminists? If we don't seek equality for everyone, how can we expect it for ourselves? How can it even be called equality otherwise? I'll let that sink in.

This is a movement for men. The guy in the story is getting special consideration because he is GAY, not because he is a MAN.

"Silva argued it would be discriminatory to deny him the longer leave, saying the agency had already approved four-month leaves for same-sex couples where both partners are women, reported the Associated Press."

I'm convinced at this point that you're just being an asshole for the fuck of it.

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1 Gay dads get paternity leave on special request. 2 Gay dads get paternity leave by default. 3 Straight dads get paternity leave on special request. 4 Straight dads get equal rights to paternity leave.

Think ahead.

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