content: This comment shouldn't be down voted. It's not impossible. While they generally are not carrying the same load they can still be a benefit to the team. It tends to get more sticky with questions of pay. Clearly they should not make the same pay. Generally they do because paying them for their fair level of contribution would be discriminatory. I don't know that, "fuck off", is appropriate for your comment. Maybe that's why you were down voted. Because even you then go on to acknowledge they are, "just about", which is soft language which communicates not quite on par with the male peers.