In August 2022, Denmark earmarked a portion of the paternity leave to the new father. Since then, perceived difference in how good the parents are at raising the child have shrunk, the gender pay gap have shrunk, but both moms and dads wants to allocate more of the paternity leave to the mom
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How can paternity leave be allocated to the mom? It ceases to be paternity leave.
If our system favours maternity leave over paternity leave then the system reinforces gender norms that child rearing is primarily a woman’s job.
It’ll always take time for cultural change to occur to the point where both parents are seen as necessary caregivers for the parenting process instead of the dad being considered semi-optional.
Though I remember reading a different paper also about paternity leave in Denmark (I’ll try to find it) that noted that men who took parental leave were slightly disadvantaged in the office compared to men who didn’t. Probably excessive from a government intervention perspective but in theory mandatory paid parental leave would help prevent this from occurring.
Edit: found it though I misremembered the country, it was Norway. It’s *Competition and Career Advancement: The Hidden Costs of Paid Leave* by Johnson et. al. (2024)