"For a long time, only responsible for birth mothers to take paid parental leave. In our view, whatever the form of family, when starting a family, and as a mother or father should receive the same support. "--Facebook Vice President, human resources and recruitment luoli·geleer
Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has just become a father. Just a few days ago, he announced that it would take two months of maternity leave, to accompany his wife and daughter.
Given the United States is the world's only developed countries no national statutory paid maternity leave, Zuckerberg's practices for Facebook's employees and the United States is undoubtedly an event for men. United States men rarely leave, few companies offer this option. For a male boss, Fortune 500, two months of maternity leave is unheard of.
Zuckerberg releases a signal: If the men putting family above career (at least when you have a newborn child), which is completely OK. For other men, he is a good example.
But more than that. For women, it is also good news. Childbearing women suffer serious discrimination in the workplace and unequal treatment. When a man began maternity leave, means balancing career and family is no longer just a woman thing. Male maternity leave will lead to mutual understanding and empathy between the sexes, and contribute to the Elimination of outdated and useless, gender stereotyping in everyone's interest.
"When men and women on maternity leave, also understand after you have a newborn at home is what kind of experience, cooperation will bring a different feel," said Nancy Altobello, Vice President of a consulting company, they encourage men to take paternity leave.
When their parents, in the workplace of the women and men who are against gender stereotypes stereotypes. For men, such stereotyping is good for work, while their family life; for women, both negative.
The traditional definition of a good father must work first, because a man to bring home the bacon. Studies also found that after the men became fathers earn more.
Although most of the women in the family is also going out to work, even the main or only source of family, but people will still have the assumption that than to work, women value family. So they are not reliable in the workplace, work is not so hard.
In an article published last year in the New York Times mentioned a 15-year study found that women give birth to a child, 4% lower wages, while men each had a child, wages will increase by 6%. "Employers are more reluctant to hire mothers, or think they are competent enough, even the qualifications are the same is difficult to equal pay as men. "
Other research found that children of women with and without children of the wage gap between women, even larger than the gap between men and women.
While women once put work above family trouble-she will be subjected to severe allegations, is considered to be an unfit mother.
Robin Ely, a professor at Harvard Business School specialized in gender expectations in the work. He explained that "women are generally considered to belong to the family, and not to the workplace. Expectations for women is that if you don't do this, then you are not a good mother. "
When Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer announced this past fall in December, expecting only a few weeks maternity leave, she was lashed by public opinion, even a newspaper headline reads: Marissa Mayer's two weeks of maternity leave is bull shit.
Meyer took office in 2012 just Yahoo also had a two-week maternity leave, when the Daily Telegraph nicely summarizes her dilemma: "her 14 days ' maternity leave made some question whether she is a good mother, others questioned whether she really went to work. "
Is another challenge for men. As more and more young men like Zuckerberg, hoping more involved in family life, they would be stigmatized or punished, because there is no work as a priority in your life.
"Man idea are managers of the maternity leave. General male colleagues, and they will laugh at me. "A man working at a top law firm said. "Another partner told me, ' you have to make a choice: is to be a leading figure, or just want to average dawdle? If you want to get ahead, that means nothing in the world more important than work. '"
Man maternity is more involved in the child's life in the process. It is also important, isn't it? And the family's father, of course, will make life easier for their other half. In dual-career families, the women have too often took on more of the parenting responsibilities.
Male maternity leave are effective means to change this outdated model. Plenty of maternity leave policies of Sweden, men a month maternity leave, women's wage growth 7%.
Some forward-thinking employers are recognizing this, maternity leave period had been gender neutral policies. Just zuckerburg announced on maternity leave at the same time, Facebook announced a new policy of the company: fatherhood and men will have a four-month paid paternity leave. The new policy will take effect early next year, will benefit the company, all 11,000 employees worldwide, including all of the mothers, fathers and gay parents.
But whether policy reasons or reasons of culture and consciousness, is unfortunately, maternity leave, fathers in this world is too small. But male maternity leave benefits are profound, for both families, women, children and men are so. Men need to be a push, there on male maternity leave for four reasons:
1, you're going to be better, happier, Dad The reading zhuangao fell in love with classical
Maternity's father would be a good father. There is no natural motherly woman meant to be mothers. Because women bear the initial care of newborn, and allow the brain to establish more children's feelings and reactions. This also works for dads.
In other words, there is nothing immutable maternal instincts. Good parenting secret: spend time with your child.
If the father on a period of maternity leave, they also developed his father's instincts. They will learn how to change a diaper, how to comfort children to sleep when children cry or know how to deal with a fever.
Not saying start maternity leave's father is not a good father but child hour dad leave more and more, they will be more satisfied with relationships between themselves and their children, and when they return to work, they will also become more involved in caring for their children.
Feeding, changing diapers, doing housework, watching other people's dads
In Sweden, father of maternity 85% high proportion, these benefits are verified in a big range. One on an eight-week maternity leave Sweden said: "the State should provide more information on maternity benefits, because to create your strong emotional link between the child and the opportunity is really important. You have to experience the paternity, know what to start maternity leave to go to work, you lose. "
2, the workplace and more equal
The best way to create friendly working environment for women, is the man to take maternity leave. When a man can take care of the children, mothers can return to work, work longer hours and earn more money. Flexible working hours will also be men's topics.
But most men don't take maternity leave because they were concerned that it would affect her career. Indeed. Studies have found that men earned less after their maternity leave, or easier to be harassment and discrimination in the workplace. They will also shorten the working time.
So in those countries that perform the most successful male maternity leave, for example, Finland, and Norway, and Sweden and Germany, men on certain days of maternity leave is compulsory, the endlessly nor transferred to women.
Maternity leave of men will set an example to more men. Dang Germany statutory requirement for 14 month maternity leave in two months to break by the father, two-year maternity leave, men increased from 3% to 20%.
And benefits for maternity leave to the father, and their job satisfaction is higher.
3, family relations are more harmonious
Woman's wage equality, better balancing of work and family time, is also good for the family. It would bring higher levels of marital satisfaction, but also the common aspiration of men and women.
First in Sweden to launch a month of maternity leave Bengt Westerberg think family is a mirror of society. "The only way to achieve gender equality in society is to achieve equality in the family. And let the fathers to take paternity leave, is a key link. "
4, so do children
In father's maternity home, parents and children get along with the overall increase. These children happier, healthier, better performance, more confident and with fewer behavior problems.
Split equally in housework and father involvement in the family, the girl does not follow traditional gender stereotypes, and the choice to try more new things, while boys are more likely to establish a relationship of equality and health, fewer conflicts with people.
Sweden Johan Ekeng å Rd and dad said: "maternity leave, causing economic losses, every minute is spent well. It made me a more confident father, more understanding of my partner, and children also established closer ties. It is very important to their growth. "
Girls compilation:
Emily Peck:Why Mark Zuckerberg's Paternity Leave Is A Win For Women,Huffington Post
Gabrielle Jackson:Force men to take paternity leave. It will make the world a better place,the Guardian
Information authorized reprinted from the surging feminist voices micro-signal genderinchina.
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