YES! Paid family leave should not be gender biased.
41%
YES! And we need a law giving both parents paid leave.
59%
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I agree with not being gender biased, but not paid and I also think employees who are single or just not having kids, should have the right to take the same amount of time off. Leave of absense, without worrying about losing your job. There are plenty of things single people do for kids, with their taxes (public education and medicare). I think they should not be the ones to bear the burden of the extra work load alone. So if we pass a law that is unbiased with respect to gender, then I think it should apply to marital status (or more precise, to people not having babies) as well.