Equality Myth: Holy Crap! Can We all Move to Sweden? Gender Equality, Baby Daddies, and Swedish Paternity Leave

In Sweden, writes the New York Times, men have it all. Which, well, simultaneously means that women have it all. It’s like the land of perfect gender-equality, where 85 percent fathers take parental leave, the ponytailed finance minister calls himself a feminist, ads for cleaning products rarely feature women as homemakers, and preschools vet books for gender stereotypes in animal characters.

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  1. affably reblogged this from equalitymyth and added:
    idoitcounterclockwise...Swedes, though possibly for different reasons.
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  3. fake-it-real reblogged this from thelastgreatpoolparty and added:
    And let’s not forget the feminist implications of Ibsen’s Norwegian plays. Fucking hell, I love Scandinavia.
  4. davethebrave reblogged this from equalitymyth and added:
    equalitymyth
  5. msnovember reblogged this from equalitymyth and added:
    wow.
  6. thelastgreatpoolparty reblogged this from equalitymyth and added:
    FUCK YOU AMERICA, FUCK YOU RIGHT TO HELL
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  9. houseoforange reblogged this from equalitymyth and added:
    Damn those socialists.
  10. 808enidan reblogged this from joyengel and added:
    not helping my quest to stop my dad...stepmom from procreating once again.
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  14. joyengel reblogged this from equalitymyth and added:
    My previous history with Swedes aside, this is pretty wonderful. When The Swede and I used to talk about our future...
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