I'm not your damn breeding machine! [Jan. 5th, 2010|05:32 pm] wtf? that's sexist!

wtf_sexism

[ saciel ]

Hi



First a few things about myself: I'm a female student at an university in Germany, I've got an degree in in religion science and am doing another right now in sinology. I recently (=decembre) turned 23 and I would like to acknowledge that already having an degree in my age is very unusual.

I don't say this to show off, but because it matters in this case. Let me introduce you to the german education system:



From latest 4-5/6 you go to a kindergarten

From 6-10/12 you go to a primary school

from 11/12 you go to a secondary school and if you want to study you go

from 15/16-18/19 to the state 2 secondary school/gymnasium (= grammar school/college)



Only two years ago the state 2 was shortened to two years instead of three and it is still a disaster.



Now we've got brandnew Bachelor/Master systems which are failing everywhere but that's not the topic. It just means that you have to study three years (usually four, nontheless) to a degree that is almost entirely worthless (because BA isn't recognized in the industry, only some sciences can use it in any way) and two years to a normal degree. It's even longer than before, but Magister also took ~ 5 years.



The point of this elaboration?



Well, as a student I've got a special discount insurance which made me pay ~64€ per month, which is still a good deal.



Now I've got a letter from my insurance company, as got many of my female commilitones of the same age.

It states the following:



Dear Miss Saciel,

the Child Consideration Law intends that persons who didn't prove parentship have to pay a added premium from the month after the fulfilment of 23rd year of one's life [...]

...

If you have fulfilled being a parent please send evidence [...]



I have to pay 67€ per month now. Okay, it's not that much more but still:

WTF, I'm being punished for not pooping out babies?

At 23?!?!!

That means I'm being punished for not becoming an unemployed, tax-living mom?



1. As you see at the education system, if you aren't dropped out with 16 and roughly are out of traineeship, you don't have a fucking living standard. There is no way I COULD finance a child at the moment even if I wanted to have one by now. It is not even usual to be married at such an young age in Germany. If you aren't rich to begin with and somewhat conservative to be early married, no high education absolvent would be able to support a child at 23.

2. The economy isn't well now, even people who theoretically are job-cabable by now at age 23 have rarely an secure job, because young persons are the first to be fired if the company isn't well, they have the lowest security.

3. The politcs are permanently screaming for a) academics b) higher trained personal c) better educated children d) more elite children and e) constantly moaning that children of unemployed people are too many and at the same time not supported enough (because the new Hartz IV hardly leaves enough to live from if you are not a single).





Also, none of the male commiltones at 23 have got that letter by now, I don't know if it even counts for both sexes, but if, they surely think females have to be reminded first that they belong to the fucking kitchen and should stop trying to learn and find a job an poop out children, damned.



*fumes*