Paternity leave in the United States has been a growing controversy over the past few years. With parents wanting to both be involved with their child early on, the need for such benefit requires reevaluation in the workplace. With inadequate policies set in place, families often struggle with financial burdens, loss of employment, and gender identity/role issues. New parents should be allowed paternity leave, to get the opportunity to bond with baby, help their partner with any needs and those of the baby’s, and not stress about the financial hardship of staying home. Throughout this essay, each of these ideas will be examined and through supportive evidence; will prove how paternity leave is beneficial to all. To understand how and why
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Over and over, it said fathers do not want to use this aid due to ill judgment by bosses and co-workers. The age-old gender role came forth; saying it’s the women’s responsibility to take care of the family. Queisser’s article “What dads can do for gender equality” conveys how this idea is true in many cultures. She states, “A 2013 survey by the Korean trade unions asked Korean fathers why they decided not to take leave; it showed that more than half were worried about the negative prejudices that they would be exposed to.” (Queisser 47). Having this connotation and prejudice in the workplace is unfair and unethical. This old school mentality needs to stop, in order to do so action is needed to start change. The article “Brave Men Take Paternity Leave” by Gretchen Gavett, uses statistics’ from a study on paternity leave showing why fathers were not hesitant to use this assistance. Gavett goes on to write,
“But research from economists Gordon B. Dahl, Katrine V. Loken, and Magne Mogstad, published this month in The American Economic Review, shows that, when paid paternity leave is made available by law, fathers do use it. Importantly, this isn’t just because the law exists; rather, it’s because when some brave souls take leave, that seems to reduce the stigma and encourage peers to take time off too.” (Gavett
Over and over, it said fathers do not want to use this aid due to ill judgment by bosses and co-workers. The age-old gender role came forth; saying it’s the women’s responsibility to take care of the family. Queisser’s article “What dads can do for gender equality” conveys how this idea is true in many cultures. She states, “A 2013 survey by the Korean trade unions asked Korean fathers why they decided not to take leave; it showed that more than half were worried about the negative prejudices that they would be exposed to.” (Queisser 47). Having this connotation and prejudice in the workplace is unfair and unethical. This old school mentality needs to stop, in order to do so action is needed to start change. The article “Brave Men Take Paternity Leave” by Gretchen Gavett, uses statistics’ from a study on paternity leave showing why fathers were not hesitant to use this assistance. Gavett goes on to write,
“But research from economists Gordon B. Dahl, Katrine V. Loken, and Magne Mogstad, published this month in The American Economic Review, shows that, when paid paternity leave is made available by law, fathers do use it. Importantly, this isn’t just because the law exists; rather, it’s because when some brave souls take leave, that seems to reduce the stigma and encourage peers to take time off too.” (Gavett