I have never argued against the benefit of paid parental leave. The claim that it is most people's dream life (A claim which you reject) implies that it provide

I have never argued against the benefit of paid parental leave. The claim that it is most people's dream life (A claim which you reject) implies that it provides some benefit to the people receiving it; otherwise, why would they opt to take it. I made no claim as to the 'naturalness' of this right. I honestly don't really care, because that is completely non-germaine to my argument, which is that a year long leave leaves many companies vulnerable to the possibility of leachers like myself, and many others, for whom it's very straightforward to have a child every year or so. This is not a problem with shorter leaves. Most people cannot have two children in two months.