One concern that some at the Forbes “personal finance” office have is that “the stigma of being the guy in the office who takes the maximum amount of leave haunts many dads” (Hall 3). Since the stereotypical gender roles of a man in western society is to be a bread winner, many men can feel guilty or ashamed of taking time off to pursue child rearing which is considered a more feminine duty. This a way of thinking that has been deeply rooted in our nation for decades since the end of World War 2 when men returned home from war and resumed working at jobs that women had been tending to during the course of the six year conflict. Now that we have women making more strides in the modern day it is time that we consider letting men experience some
