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The article suggests that remaining gender inequality in Denmark is due to women leaving the work force (for a period of time) when they have children, and othe
by xevb3k 9y ago
The article suggests that remaining gender inequality in Denmark is due to women leaving the work force (for a period of time) when they have children, and other factors related to bearing children.
It seems that one way forward might be to extend paid parental leave for both parents. It depends on access to childcare, but I feel it’s hard to be back to 100% at work within the first 2 years of a child being born in any case.
This might help level the playing field. It might also help fathers take a more active role in raising children (unfortunately fathers still appear to be generally less active in this area):
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/jul/05/childcare-men-pull-weight https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/jul/05/childca...
- aaronblohowiak 9y agoone of the most controversial comments that i have left on HN suggested the same: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14334325 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14334325
- xevb3k 9y agoYour comment was interesting, I think I mostly agree. Culturally the work that is raising children still seems to be devalued (particularly, during the early years, which is arguably when it’s hardest). So, it’s unlikely that we will see gender normalization in this area unless cultural norms shift (and it’s seem as important and valuable). And it doesn’t have a stronger economic impact on males than females (I.e. longer paid leave for both parents is available).
- bill_mon 9y agoWhat do you want to achieve with these changes and why? It seems to me that we need to have those thing figured out pretty clearly before we try to apply cures. If all discriminating laws are gone, aren't we simply left with basic nature and some very-slow-to-change cultural habits?