In D.C.'s amazing paid leave proposal: Generous and long overdue, Author Petula Dvorak carefully constructs an argument in favor of families deserving paid leave. She organizes the argument by first by briefly discussing the sixteen week family paid leave proposal recently introduced to the legislature. In this discussion she talks about the parameters of the introduced paid leave and how it is necessary. Dvorak then goes on to talk argue how late this type of legislature is by discussing past attempts at introducing this topic and how for the rest of the world paid family leave is the standard: not the exception. In the end she also discusses how most people who can afford paid leave in the United States are already well off and argues in favor of paid leave for all. She then goes on to discuss the parameters and conditions of the D.C. introduced legislation and how it will like gay marriage set an example for the rest of the country. To support her argument, Petula Dvorak utilizes the fact that many countries treat paid family leave as normal, and that even smaller countries treat it as such. She also uses quotes from mothers she knows who have gone through the painful experience of having to go back to work early because of not enough vacation days allotted. There are a few places where the argument is weak, specifically when she is addressing the other countries which have embraced paid leave, she fails to acknowledge the economic state of these countries, which by omission does not give people the whole picture of what paid family leave means for the economy. Also, her argument lacks ethos because she does not cite sources concerning the "200 other countries" who offer paid leave. However, overall Petula Dvorak's argument that paid leave should be a part of America's humanitarian plan is solid.