Feminism Debate

In class today, we had a debate about the pros and cons of the feminist movement. I found the arguments interesting and some of the points that I wanted to bring up, but didn't get a chance to, I thought I would bring them up now. There is this belief that men get paid more than women. In my macroeconomics class, we saw that technically, this is not true. The reason for this belief is that women, on average, have to take more time off, more days off,etc... to be home with the kids or to take care of the house issues. If a kid is sick , it is typically the mother that has to take off work and stay home, while the father stays at work. So on average, a mans paycheck will be larger than a woman's because she has to take more time off. Also, if it were not for women getting equal rights, men would not be constantly competing in the workforce for jobs, women provide an edge and a place for competition in the workplace, and this provides a setting for more quality work to come out of it, rather than men just being complacent with what they are doing. Men feel so entitled to coming home to a home cooked meal, the clothes being clean, dishes washed, house perfect, and for so long, women were responsible for all of this, but times have changed. Men are now being forced to either do some of that on their own, all on their own, or hiring someone else to do it. A good point was also brought up in class, that, since women have entered the workforce, wages for men have gone down, also college acceptance rates for men have decreased. This debate was very interesting,and I am sure, if given more time would have been more hashed out.