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Absolutely. Men should have the right (and should be forced to take it) to the same level of paternity leave as women. That will instantly level the playing f
by radicalbyte 12y ago
Absolutely.
Men should have the right (and should be forced to take it) to the same level of paternity leave as women.
That will instantly level the playing field, and make the first three months of parenthood a pleasure instead of the pain that it is when having to work..
EDIT: my wife just pointed out that this will never work. Unlike women, men can father in parallel..
- yummyfajitas 12y agoWhy should people be forced to trade (wanted) money for (unwanted) leave? Is the goal of statistically equal outcomes (as distinguished from equal treatment) so pressing that people should be forced to make undesirable tradeoffs? I'm curious what your underlying ethical/political principle is here.
- wlievens 12y agoIf leave for taking care of your kids is "unwanted", you should not be having kids. That counts for both parents. I can understand the tradeoff can be undesirable, but the tradeoff ought be between wanted money and wanted leave.
- tomjen3 12y agoThen there would be a huge incentive to hire older people, who are (statistically) done having children. Just accept that having children comes with a career penalty and choose what you prefer: kids or career?
- scobar 12y agoI agree that changing paternity leave rules to match maternity leave would reposition employer incentives with little or no improvement to unfair bias. I disagree that we should just accept that a choice must be made between preferring kids or career. We haven't figured out the best system yet, but that doesn't mean one doesn't exist.