I'm a Swiss male. Since we all have to do 240 days military days minimum (soldier grade, sometimes they force people to do more, 21 weeks is mandatory as milita

I'm a Swiss male. Since we all have to do 240 days military days minimum (soldier grade, sometimes they force people to do more, 21 weeks is mandatory as military academy, the rest can be split up), most of the men here take one year off anyways. Plus we start school at 7, so most men begin university at 20. It's pretty late but I have to say that I think the additional level of experience helped me tremendously to make the right choices later on. Plus I met my wife in my year 'off'. So yeah, IMO noone should give shit to those guys choosing to take that year off. University education is the final stage before modern adulthood and it's important to do the right choices - after primary and mid school where everyone has been spoon fed it's really no surprise people need to take a bit of time to know what they want and who they want to be.