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Status anxiety

Don't want paternity leave? Soon, you may not have a choice

The campaign to force fathers to take equal time off is under way in Sweden. Expect it here next

6 December 2014

9:00 AM

6 December 2014

9:00 AM

Earlier this week, the law changed to enable men to share the leave that women are currently entitled to after the birth of a child. From 5 April next year, men can take up to 50 weeks of paternity leave, while their partners can go straight back to work.

The prospect of shared parental leave hasn’t gone down well with British men, according to a survey in the Daily Mail.

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Toby Young is associate editor of The Spectator.

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