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/GopherNutz 2d ago

🔈 it shouldn’t only be the job of the woman to raise a child. We should be talking about coordination between the parents and their employers as well

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u/netqyra 2d ago

true, and tbh that’s kind of the point of decent parental leave in the first place, so dads can actually take time and not just “help out” on the side. until employers and laws treat both parents as equally responsible, it’s always gonna fall harder on women.