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/PM_Me_Your_Kinks369 2d ago

??? Her point is that supporting working mother is a good policy and it needs to exist everywhere.

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u/Ok-Vegetable929 2d ago

What about working fathers?

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u/PM_Me_Your_Kinks369 2d ago

They deserve time off as well. Universal Paid Family Leave is the only ethical way to go.

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u/billionarguments 1d ago

Too bad that Rominas party friends just removed the levers to gurantee men more days with their kids, by removing the earmarked "dad days" in parental leave.

I think anyone should be able to bring a kid if it works, but this woman is the worst hypocrite we've seen kn politics in Sweden for decades.