What has really happened between contemporary roles in society between men and women? Society loves to say that we have come along way. Women are now able to vote and earn high paying positions in the workplace. While having a stay at home father is now becoming common. In this article The “new macho” rethinking masculinity we are able to see how a gender change is taking place in present day. Currently it is not common for a father to take maternity leave after a baby is born. This is slowly ever changing in this economy where there is uproar in sector jobs dominated by females. Currently with the economy the masculine jobs as construction are being wiped out while tradionally female role jobs are increasing. While construction and manufacturing jobs are decreasing there is an increase in nursing and teacher jobs. In this article it is seen that California is the first state to offer parental leave for men and women but men are not accepting this maternity leave. “Men have a choice: either feel inadequate or get a lot more creative” says Joan Williams, author of “Reshaping the Work-Family Debate: Why Men and Class Matter.”
Men are said to have career and family issues at times for putting work before the family. But this is said to change in the years to come where men will be allowed to obtain paternity leave. The question is will men accept this paternity leave. Will it be acceptable in our modern culture for men to take days of work due to parental leave. Although paternity leave might not be common among males in America is very common in Europe. In Sweden about 80 percent of men take paternity leave its seen badly if a man does not take maternity leave for his baby. The family does not accept this type of behavior. That is why this federal budget will help shift male social norms may be a spark that helps re-ignite the stalled gender revolution and pave the way for greater gender equality, and might also be the driving force behind the new American economy in the 21st century.
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