“In Sweden, the Men Can Have It All”
10 June 2010 Posted by Rieke Smakman
Take a look at today’s International Herald Tribune. Katrin Bennhold, one of IHT’s star journalists, went up to Umea and to Stockholm to find out if “Pappaledigheten”in Sweden really was something worth talking about and this is how she starts her story:
Mikael Karlsson owns a snowmobile, two hunting dogs and five guns. In his spare time, this soldier-turned-game warden shoots moose and trades potty-training tips with other fathers. Cradling two-month-old Siri in his arms, he can’t imagine not taking baby leave. “Everyone does.”
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