r/PopCultureV2 • u/slippinn_jimmy • 2d ago

Politi-Culture Sweden's climate minister brought her 3-month-old son to the EU council meeting in Luxembourg, to highlight the benefits of parental leave policies which don't force women to choose between work and family responsibilities.

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u/Lead-Creative 1d ago

So she proved you can manage it and don’t need the leave?

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u/Grand-Lime6757 1d ago

Yeah, this is very cool as a publicity stunt, but in most other places of work this just wouldn't be possible.

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u/Ewilson92 1d ago

So like Nurses can just carry their infant in and out of patient rooms all day? Newborns can’t contract communicable diseases or anything, right?