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| "Real Men Take Paternity Leave" campaign |
There is an initiative to get men to take "paternity leave" in Austria. Similar to practice in the U.S., not a lot of men do it (around 5%) and they get up to one month off between one and two months after their baby is born/comes home. Leave is typically unpaid - just like in the U.S. - but the campaign is geared toward getting men to take time off to spend with their children because those first few months are so precious, etc., etc. and can never be retrieved once they're gone. A similar stance on parenthood my teacher shared with me the other day.
In Sweden, 20% of men take advantage of paternity leave.
Another truism: people don't realize the full extend or advantages of their rights until they're taken away. Crazy, but true.
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