A bundle of loot for a bundle of joy?
Due to the severe declining birth rates in Poland, the new government has recently introduced legislation that will compensate women -- in dough -- for each child that they bear. Lower-class women will receive even double the amount.
Women’s groups in Poland have said it will be unsuccessful and that the country should follow Sweden and France’s footsteps by providing better childcare facilities for working parents and increased paternity leave.
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Posted by Vanessa - December 30, 2005, at 10:45AM
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Matka Boska Czestochowska! (That's Polish for "Egad!")
This strikes me as hugely ironic given that a right-wing government has just taken power in recent parliamentary elections (they even did a brief about-face over plans to withdraw Polish troops in Iraq).
I thought that the birthrate wouldn't be so low considering Poland is the "land of the Poles and Polish teens, sensual girls, and sexy women". But don't take my word for it:
http://www.polishmarriage.org/polishsex.html
If women who choose (or are forced to by economic circumstances) to work outside the home are spoiled...what does that make men?
Victim where? You first say that eastern europeans are "family-oriented" hotties that like to stay home with their children. And now they're educated professionals (but still apparently hotter than Americans). Which is it?
Or is it possible that the women's movement has made it easier for women to make choices about what they do in life? You're contradicting yourself in an attempt to discredit progress toward gender equity, and then copping out by calling American girls ugly sluts. You've guessed wrong about 80% of the characteristics of the people here you flame and fall back on misogynist talking points to disentangle yourself from your bald lies. It's silly and you know better, or at least you should.
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The majority is in the basement. It feels cramped and lacks appropriate lighting. Bars are becoming less like your local, which you could rely on being the same for years on end. Their design can change as fast as an art gallery. These trends are shaking the foundations of museums, libraries, art galleries, science centres, shopping malls, cultural centres as well as virtually every aspect of the business world. Design, multimedia, theatrics and soundscapes increasingly move centre-stage. Given that we are subject to the vagaries of fashion, ‘beyond the experience economy’ is already being discussed, in which a transformation economy where people will pay for a life-changing series of experiences is upon us.8 And then towards the ‘dream economy’?