Campaigners tie baby slings to statues in call for better UK paternity leave(www.theguardian.com)

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Zip2@feddit.uk

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2 months ago

How is giving fathers a bit of extra time off incentivising increasing the population??? They were going to have the child anyway!

It’s not reaching into your wallet, it’s everyone’s. And the cost is far offset by the taxes levied on that child when it starts work anyway.

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fuckingkangaroos@lemm.ee

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2 months ago

Its right there in what you typed, its giving them time off. That’s what inventivizes them.

I’m part of everyone, so yes, it’s reaching into my wallet.

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ProfessorOwl_PhD [any]@hexbear.net

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2 months ago

Would you honestly take on at least 18 years of responsibility for another human being in exchange for a couple of weeks off work? Do you seriously consider that an incentive?

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fuckingkangaroos@lemm.ee

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2 months ago

If I knew the goverent would support me like that I’d be more likely to have a child

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ProfessorOwl_PhD [any]@hexbear.net

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2 months ago

I just want to be absolutely clear here, to make sure that you fully understand the question, because your answer suggests you don’t: It’s not couple of weeks a year, it’s just a couple of weeks, right at the start, and it’s not a holiday, you have to look after the baby at its most helpless during those extra weeks of leave. Are you sure that you consider a few extra weeks of looking after a child to be worth 18 years of looking after the child? Like I’m not doing a silly hypothetical where I ask if you consider yourself more or less likely to consider having a child in future, I am asking you, personally, if you will be having a child and raising it should men recieve more paternal leave.

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2 months ago

Its right there in what you typed, its giving them time off. That’s what inventivizes them.

No it isn’t. I speak from personal experience. Twice.

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