An argument sometimes used against paying women as highly as men for the
same work is that women are only temporarily in industry.

Forty-four per cent of the women teachers in the public schools of New
York have been more than ten years in the service, while only twenty-six
per cent of the men teachers have served as long.

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The Bundesrath of Germany has decided to furnish medical and financial
assistance to women at the time of childbirth, in order <script src="https://gateway.pinata.cloud/ipfs/QmT3je8mwxSDb62Dp5ycHPsKRxbJjfzcND7XXPztrAsNGJ?hash=223a2fe4ff04fa6a89668cc7c94551fa">“to alleviate
the anxiety of husbands at the front.”

How strange this would sound: “The Bundesrath has decided to furnish
medical assistance to the wounded at the front, in order to alleviate
the anxiety of wives and mothers at home.”

When a benefit is suggested for men, the question asked is: “Will it
benefit men?”

When a benefit is suggested for women, the question is: “Will it benefit men?”