Throughout history, men have been looked upon to be the breadwinner of the family taking care of all the financial needs while the women played an equally as demanding job working around the home all day and having to tend to children. A large majority of Canadian parents continue to live with those beliefs. Since the mid-2000 's men have spent 13 weeks away from work while women have spent an average of 31.5 weeks away from their job or workplace (Racanelli, 2015). The case study suspected that the time away from work between men and women were so off balanced was because of fear and unknowingness of what would happen to their job. A Toronto dad Adam Shona was quoted saying, "I didn 't think it was an option [for him to stay home]. I felt
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We still leave in a patriarchy society meaning that dominant males are the ones who are at the head of the family. When two partners have a child together the decision usually is that the mother stays home with the newborn while the father leaves to be the breadwinner. Society is shaped this way because men are continually making larger incomes than women, so even if they both have jobs the father who makes more money is encouraged to make his full payments (Conley). This is the area where Canada is behind most industrial nations. Many countries such as Italy and Sweden fully compensate workers up to 100% for lost wages (Conley). Men are less likely to not use their parental leave those types of reasons and incidents such as; less household income, gender role expectations, the difference in education level, women wanting to spend more time with the child, and men 's expectations on shared parenting (Hass, 2003). When fathers decide to use their leave they do it for specific reasons to accommodate their partner 's needs. Women who are fully invested and committed to their education and careers and the ones who give the majority of the parental leave to the father (Conley). Although Canada is one nation, we have 2 different policies on parental leave. Quebec is the only province in Canada with its own set of rules and regulations. Maternity leave, paternity leave, and …show more content…
The problem to why men don 't take more time off for the reason that men are not yet equipped enough to afford more men missing from the workplace (Racanelli, 2015). Also, one of the questioned posed in the case was that, "Aren 't men already doing enough in the household?" Jessica DeGroot says aren 't doing enough, however, it is not their fault. It isn 't a man vs. women problems either. She says that many face a "win-lose decision: Succeed at work or spend time actively engaged in the care of children and aging loved ones" (DeGroot, 2015). However, this could all be subject to change. In the future, the new trend will be men doing more housework leading to a difference in the division of household labor. Anne-Marie Slaughter mentions that the changes would be beneficial for men and women, "I continue to believe that vast majority of people want both: to create an identity through rewarding work and to be able to care for their loved ones." Eventually, we will see dramatic changes to the structure of the family as well leading to changes in composition and smaller sized families (McDaniel, Tepperman). These types of changes are not a threat to traditional families. The definition of a tradition family is, "a social unit that consists of parents and children, whether living together or not." Therefore a decrease in family
We still leave in a patriarchy society meaning that dominant males are the ones who are at the head of the family. When two partners have a child together the decision usually is that the mother stays home with the newborn while the father leaves to be the breadwinner. Society is shaped this way because men are continually making larger incomes than women, so even if they both have jobs the father who makes more money is encouraged to make his full payments (Conley). This is the area where Canada is behind most industrial nations. Many countries such as Italy and Sweden fully compensate workers up to 100% for lost wages (Conley). Men are less likely to not use their parental leave those types of reasons and incidents such as; less household income, gender role expectations, the difference in education level, women wanting to spend more time with the child, and men 's expectations on shared parenting (Hass, 2003). When fathers decide to use their leave they do it for specific reasons to accommodate their partner 's needs. Women who are fully invested and committed to their education and careers and the ones who give the majority of the parental leave to the father (Conley). Although Canada is one nation, we have 2 different policies on parental leave. Quebec is the only province in Canada with its own set of rules and regulations. Maternity leave, paternity leave, and …show more content…
The problem to why men don 't take more time off for the reason that men are not yet equipped enough to afford more men missing from the workplace (Racanelli, 2015). Also, one of the questioned posed in the case was that, "Aren 't men already doing enough in the household?" Jessica DeGroot says aren 't doing enough, however, it is not their fault. It isn 't a man vs. women problems either. She says that many face a "win-lose decision: Succeed at work or spend time actively engaged in the care of children and aging loved ones" (DeGroot, 2015). However, this could all be subject to change. In the future, the new trend will be men doing more housework leading to a difference in the division of household labor. Anne-Marie Slaughter mentions that the changes would be beneficial for men and women, "I continue to believe that vast majority of people want both: to create an identity through rewarding work and to be able to care for their loved ones." Eventually, we will see dramatic changes to the structure of the family as well leading to changes in composition and smaller sized families (McDaniel, Tepperman). These types of changes are not a threat to traditional families. The definition of a tradition family is, "a social unit that consists of parents and children, whether living together or not." Therefore a decrease in family