Framing Leave for Fathers in Norway and Poland: Just a Matter of Gender Equality?

Genderizing Consequences of Family Policies in Poland in 2010s: A Sociological Perspective

“…Yet even though policymakers recognize that low fertility results to some extent from women's increasing problem of combining work with motherhood, they totally neglected the issue of gender inequalities within the domestic sphere. This shows that Polish politicians still treat the family policy system as a tool for raising fertility rates (Korsvik and Warat 2016) rather than as an interventionist mechanism reducing gender inequalities (Kurowska et al 2016). This begs the question whether it is possible to reverse the demographic trends without a shift in thinking about gender inequalities by Polish policymakers.…”

Promoting gender equality through regulation: the case of parental leave

“…Not only are women regarded as better mothers (and, consequently, as better women) if they assume such prescribed social role, but they are also pushed into it for economic reasons. 107 By assuming care responsibilities, women acquire care skills that often men that never had to perform care activities lack, thus reinforcing the idea that women are 'naturally' more suited to care. 108 Compensations through flat rates, but also those that correspond to a percentage of remuneration, is a relevant added factor to encourage the parent who earns less to take the leave.…”

Why are Paternity Leaves and Father’s Quotas Important? A Comparative Overview of Father’s Leave Schemes in European Countries and Factors and Outcomes of Father’s Leave Use

“…U nordijskim se zemljama, koje su prve uvele dopuste za očeve, također isticalo da žene neće biti moguće potaknuti na veću građansku aktivnost ako se muškarce ne »prisili« na veće sudjelovanje u obiteljskom životu. Drugim riječima, rodnu 6 Na marginama se pojavljuju i demografski argumenti pa je u zemljama s izraženim pronatalitetnim diskursom (poput Poljske) jedan od argumenata u prilog očevim kvotama bilo i pitanje negativnih demografskih trendova (Korsvik i Warat, 2016). 7 Primjerice, u razdobljima (ranoga) roditeljstva upravo žene smanjuju svoj radni angažman (Dobrotić, 2015) pa Farré (2016) upozorava kako stoga i sami poslodavci mogu procjenjivati vrijednost ulaganja u žene ili pak zapošljavanja žena na osnovu činjenice da će one koristiti većinu roditeljskih dopusta.…”

“…Na te se argumente često naslanja i argument dobrobiti samih očeva. Primjerice, kako se mijenjaju poimanja maskuliniteta i očinstva, ispostavlja se da razvijanjem osjećajnosti i brižnosti kroz brigu za dijete i očevi mogu poboljšati kvalitetu vlastita života (Korsvik i Warat, 2016).…”