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Originally Posted by ae118
In Norway (and I think a couple of other countries), paternity leave is prescribed - a portion of the total parental leave is designated to the father. The aim was (at least in part) to get around what Corsi mentioned earlier, that expectations of new parents of different genders are very different. I know that most conservatives have no love of "social engineering" but I'd be interested in hearing from people in these countries on how this policy is working out.
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Freakonomics has addressed this. I'm not sure if it was in the one linked, or in a different one, but in those Scandinavian countries with their strong social programs, the number of women in management positions is far lower than in countries without similar social programs. Despite the rhetoric around it, there are more women in senior management in the United States than in any other country.