Yeah, but how many of them actually take it? In Sweden, men are offered 6 months paid parental leave (after the mother takes maternity leave).
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The family get 480 paid parental days that can be used by either parent, the days can (more or less) be split however they see fit. If it is a single parent family then they get all of the 480 days. And 45 of the 480 days can be "given" to a relative if the family temporarily needs extra help.
sep 2, 2025, 12:09 pm • 1 0 • view
In my family, they have. And I have a few friends whose husbands did.
sep 2, 2025, 8:41 am • 2 0 • view
Men often don’t take parental leave because, traditional “men’s jobs” tend to pay more than traditional “women’s jobs” and families need that additional income to support their families. I believe the last time I Googled it, the gender wage gap in Canada had women earning 88 cents on a man’s dollar.
sep 2, 2025, 8:46 am • 2 0 • view
I thought it was paid leave.
sep 2, 2025, 8:53 am • 1 0 • view
Think about it; who’s more likely to get the promotion; a woman who has taken three years of maternity leave over six years, or a male employee who hasn’t taken any leave of absence during the same period of time? This kind of thing directly exacerbates the gender wage gap.
sep 2, 2025, 9:08 am • 1 0 • view
Yeah, that's why a lot of countries push paternity leave in the first place.
sep 2, 2025, 9:09 am • 1 0 • view
I’m a childless cat lady, so I don’t know, but giving birth has to be very difficult on someone’s body, so I’m guessing that may have an influence on a woman’s decision to take maternity leave. Nonetheless, we don’t offer BOTH, one after the other, like they do in Sweden.
sep 2, 2025, 8:58 am • 1 0 • view
It is.
sep 2, 2025, 8:54 am • 1 0 • view
Then I don't understand why they're saying the men don't use it for financial reasons.
sep 2, 2025, 8:56 am • 1 0 • view
Canada doesn’t offer 18 months of paid leave, to encourage men to stay home after the first year, like Sweden does.
sep 2, 2025, 9:01 am • 1 0 • view
They are speaking of full time after parental leave is finished.
sep 2, 2025, 8:58 am • 1 0 • view
No doubt. Fortunately, that wasn't the case for my family members. One of the guys is a full-time stay at home dad now.
sep 2, 2025, 8:51 am • 1 0 • view
When I was a kid, we had a nanny. My mother was very career-oriented. My dad was the one who had the traditional “women’s job,” as a teacher. He was always home before my mom, and he usually made supper so they could get us off to our extra-curricular activities in the evening.
sep 2, 2025, 8:55 am • 1 0 • view
I have never known teaching to be "traditional women's job." When I was in school, the majority of our teachers were men. Cranky ones. Lol
sep 2, 2025, 9:01 am • 0 0 • view
Really? In Alberta, teachers and the provincial government are having trouble reaching a contract, and the union representing the teachers claim 85% of their members are women. The first time I had a male teacher was in grade 6.
sep 2, 2025, 9:03 am • 1 0 • view
Grade 6? Wow. I was born in Alberta, but not raised there. In grade school, my English teacher and my science teacher were a male couple who lived together in a little bungalow near the school.
sep 2, 2025, 9:09 am • 1 0 • view
Okay…you knew the two male teachers were gay? You must be younger than I am. I grew up in a small conservative city. Looking back, I’m sure my grade 3 teacher was a lesbian. We’d always ask if she had a boyfriend. The answer was always, “No,” but she sure talked a lot about her “roommate.”
sep 2, 2025, 9:13 am • 1 0 • view
It was a small town where no one seemed to care if you were gay. It has a large gay population for a small town. No one I know experienced any discrimination. It was a great town to grow up in, in that respect.
sep 2, 2025, 9:17 am • 1 0 • view
Meanwhile, I was born and raised in a conservative city where (almost) everybody voted Conservative, but couldn’t tell you why.
sep 2, 2025, 9:19 am • 0 0 • view
I was born in Saskatchewan, and went to university in Saskatoon, but raised in Alberta.
sep 2, 2025, 9:10 am • 1 0 • view
I hope you have had a good life in Alberta.
sep 2, 2025, 9:13 am • 0 0 • view
I’m back in Alberta now. The capital. And, our premier, #DumpsterDani Smith wants to be tRump when she grows up.
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