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Against women or men? Is it not sexist that men are expected to work much more than women and provide? I would say it is because of understandable historical r
by cc81 7y ago
Against women or men? Is it not sexist that men are expected to work much more than women and provide?
I would say it is because of understandable historical reasons and that it is changing in a lot countries. For example in Sweden dads are taking out a larger and larger part of parental leave. It is still only 28% but increasing every year I think.
There are of course many other factors that weigh in of who will take parental leave. To take some anecdotes I've seen in my circles:
1. Women tend to have partners that are older and equal or higher in social status so it is not uncommon that the men have come further in their careers. So when the man is home there will be less money for the household. Sometimes the woman uses that as an excuse to be able to home more and sometimes the man uses it because they don't want to be home.
2. Women will logically be home in the beginning due to them nursing and some want to be home longer total and the dad say yes because they feel the mom have earned it. Some women also feel that the dad will get the more fun stay at home time and want a part of that as well and not only in the beginning.
It is changing but people also prioritize differently and not everything is sexism.