Exactly. That's the main reason.

And yet it's still not enough. Many managers will tell you they will hire a man over women if they don't know the particular woman won't want to get pregnant in the short to mid term. The leave a man get's is two weeks, at most, in the best circumstances. That's nothing compared to the time a women get's from their employers, even if things 'go well'. And if it's a difficult pregnancy, you can add months. It's sad but it's true. And in a way also understandable, they will have to pay a worker who's not adding to their revenue, for a longer time compared with hiring men. That's a big risk, even in an economy where women wages are already structurally lower as those of equally qualified men.

@@MarvinWestmaas Did you read the text. A man has to take 96 days at least. Same as a woman. The remaining days can be devided as they see fit.

@@Mentholox I was commenting on the original post. Lots of different countries in Europe, lots of different rules.

@@MarvinWestmaas fair enough.

This is also often the case in europian countries. we have a lot of good laws and benefits but abortion laws are still pretty bad. If you find out you baby is terminal of has a horrible disease and has a high chance to die and be in pain. You have to give birth anyway if its older then 6 weeks. I remember there was this woman that did an interview on tv in the Netherlands and she was 7 weeks pregnant, and they found out her baby had a bone disease making her babies bones break with every movement, the baby could feel pain, she was not allowed abortion.

Couldnt they just get abortion in the next State?

@@Rcb0 they did, they went to switzerland to get an abortion.

@@msalisha145 What? The Netherlands Europe? Where you can get free abortion until 24th week? When was this tale of the woman you speek of? 1970?

@msalisha145 you can do it here until I believe 2 months orso into pregnancy its just the pill version that doesn't help beyond a week or two. Perhaps religion said she was not allowed unless it was in like 70,s

in UK it was used as a stealth tax to save the environment.. which is hilarious now seen as uk has replaced plastic bags with paper bags.. yet paper bags are twice the cost ..... saving the environment is only making rich people richer due to these cons

int he UK we are eagerly awaiting our next tax (the uk has taxes for almost everything) i'm thinking breathing oxygen tax lmao

@@paulmilner8452 Ye just taake your own bag and you save a bit of money and less impact on environment

@@Koen030NL yes if only life was that simple ... when i go to work i don't bring a bag yet at work i might suddenly need or crave a food from supermarket and whilst there i will buy more goods ...... meaning i need another bag .... this is paper bags btw nothing to do with environment on plastic which was what was meant to be charged for ..... like i said another britsh con paper is biodegradable ..... supermarkets should provide bags for free like they used to do, the added cost is for profit not environment

@@paulmilner8452 Well, start taking a bag or backpack with you. And there are other bags (thats are not meant to be thrown away) that you can buy and re use that one. Its not that difficult. I hardly go out of the house without my backpack because of this reason. Its also convenient to always have a umbrella, sunglasses or powerbank with you.

Have in Spain 🇪🇸🇪🇺

We do in the uk too

I think for USAmericans it's "bad socialism"

A friend of my mom's also took advantage of it, she had terminal cancer, she suffered for many years, had dozen surgeries and despite medication suffered from excruciating pain. I believe there are associations in Switzerland that go down this path under very strict conditions. Unfortunately, my mother wasn't able to say goodbye in person, but an online meeting was held accompanied by a psychologist to say goodbye, my mom felt that this way of saying goodbye was planned and carried out with great dignity.

Yea, I'm from UK. Our rules are quite extreme, It is illegal to assist a suicide, to the extent of travelling with a friend or relative to a Swiss clinic can be considered as assisting a suicide.

It is so strange that as a nation of animal lovers we consider it a kindness to put an animal out of its misery. But to travel with a person would be breaking the law. I understand people have mixed feelings about allowing assisted suicide in the country, it is a big conversation. But this law is too extreme. Thankfully I have never been in the position of someone I love needing to make the decision to go.

​@@stephenlee5929My Aunt had a No Resuscitation order, having suffered with mild strokes for many years, never actually had a heart attack,her mother died in Australia having open heart surgery, so it was on the cards that my she would have the same problem. She was in her 80s when she had an heart attack. They honoured her wish.RIP.

@stephenlee5929 In my book that's a human right violation. Is the UK still subject to the European Human Rights Court, following Brexit?

well to be fair there are some people in the streets about that (I've been!) and I don't think they would be in the streets about plastic bags they would throw a fit on Facebook and tikytoky LOL I was exaggerating a bit but I do think people would be upset

Wtf, of course plastic bags cost. But I use them many times. Greetings From Finland. P. S. I GOT PAID FOR 3 YEARS AFTER EVERY CHILD. And stayed home. 🎉🎉🎉🎉

​@@ryanwuzerIn Ireland they introduced a fee for single use plastic bags even earlier than the UK did. People had no problem with it, recognising that it's better for the environment. Instead people go to supermarkets with their " for life" bags and reuse them again and again. Maybe USAians need education on the danger of plastics to the planet.

Americans😂😂😂😂

@@annedunne4526 Same as in Italy. It's been like that for years and I don't remember of people rioting in the streets..

It also really just makes sense tbh. I saw somebody do the maths for Berlin at least and overall it would just be cheaper to make it free than maintaining all the infrastructure to sell and check tickets.

Americans😂😂😂😂😂

Oh you know the French government is not very concerned about the well-being of its homeless people. I'm going to teach you something particularly cynical that's happening right now. In anticipation of the Paris Olympics, neither the city of Paris nor the french government want tourists to see the true number of homeless and drug addicts in Paris. So what do they do? Find solutions and spend money to reduce the problem? No, they took over 3,500 homeless people and relocated them to the streets of another city 150km away (the mayor of this city is furious)!

I expct that makes a lot of people get sick from bad / old food... it's weird

The reason supermarkets don't give away expired food is because they would be legally liable for any person who gets food poisoning from it. Coincidentally the "Use by date" is the legal period during which the responsibility lies with the producer and not the re-seller.

Ah ah ah , good one

Dont forget your healthcare which is pretty great and universal. I dont know about cost but its certainly cheaper than america.

@@sunseeker9581 Aussie here, senior, ok I’m old lol. Fractured my ankle. Free Ambo to hospital. Free X-ray. Had to wait in bed in private room with a tv. Got free Moon Boot - cost me , oh yeah nothing, was all free😊

@@bernadettelanders7306 Also in NZ. Get injured playing sport in the weekend and not only is all medical care free, but 80% of your wages are paid until you get better. The employer is encouraged to make up the other 20%. Free healthcare. Prescriptions were $5 an item regardless of cost but last year the Govt took that off so all prescriptions are now free. A couple of years ago I felt sick on the way to work, went to see my doctor, now with real abdominal pain. Was discharged from hospital three days later without my appendix. Cost? Nothing! Not a lot of people have private health insurance. The advantage if you do is a shorter wait for non urgent surgery. My dad got a hip replacement just before Christmas, all free of course, along with a free shower seat and raised toilet seat until he was fully recovered. We had a 10 cent charge on plastic supermarket bags, but now they're gone for good. Most supermarkets have free paper bags for fruit and veges. A reusable shopping bag costs 50 cents to $1 and if it gets damaged is replaced for free.

@@mirandahotspring4019 That’s absolutely wonderful. Sometimes because we have it so good.,we can tend to take it for granted - UNTIL we hear about American medical bills. I remember the first time I heard what they pay, what holiday pay they don’t get, their low wages etc etc , my jaw dropped. I had no idea. Gee we are lucky. Ah, another Kiwi 😊 My Kiwi friend popped in the other day, previously we’d be laughing about the pavlova. I finally had to surrender and give her the credit 😂, but she said, you’ve got the lamingtons. I said but I like Pav more. So we’ve decided to put a bit of pavlova on a lamington 😂

@@bernadettelanders7306 Sounds like a good idea, But: The Oxford English Dictionary may have settled a long-running argument between Australia and New Zealand over who invented the pavlova. The dessert - meringue with fruit and cream - was named after the Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova, who visited both countries in the 1920s. Australians and New Zealanders agree on that, but not on who invented it. In its relaunched online edition, the OED says the first recorded pavlova recipe appeared in New Zealand in 1927.

it´s 25 cents here in Germany...even the ones made out of paper...( often more expensive )...to use them more than once

@@diamantritter82 You guys are richer than us in Spain - so it probably works out even

In most of german supermarkets there're not even plastic bags available. They sell reusable fabric bags or paper bags. Most people use those reusable bags for years or they just put everything in their backpacks, purses, etc.

@@gon3808 Sounds great

In Germany, plastic bags with a wall thickness of 15 to 50 micrometers became illegal in 2022. The extremely thin ones for packing fruit/vegetables/baked goods and the thick reusable ones are still allowed

90 days for mom, 90 days for dad, and 300 days to share as they please. " if both stay together at home they will stay at home for 240 days" No, both can't stay at home together for 240 days, you only get 30 so-called "double days" where both can stay at home together.

Australia too! 😁

now make him aware that those 96 / 480 days are PAID days off!

Zoning out? It looks like he is trying his hardest not to cry when reading that

@@ACF42069 I know, but I didn't want to too on the nose😁

@@jenniferharrison8915It’s a bit different, parents in Swede are entitled to 480 days of paid parental leave. Most countries in Europe are constantly adding parental days, I guess it’s same with Australia.

i think you there might have at least one: this accessibility law or wossname. that all public buildings must be accessible by wheelchair and other disability equipment. or was it even all new buildings? theoretically it should be in EU as well but looks like there are loopholes.

Same here, I'm feeling so sad for them to only believe it.

But he lives in the land of the free with one who will make America great again and again and again. Pretty good though I think.

The are always shopping bags in the boot of the family cars. One I use frequently is over 40 years old, and inherited from my mother in law!

This.we have a really sturdy backpack for our milk and like lemonade etcetera. And then reusable bags for everything else.

I think this one's a great example of how we can adjust with time. When we (in Wales) introduced the charge, UK press went absolutely wild over it. It was a "tax on hard-working families", we were run by "dictators", etc etc. It was truly ridiculous but it sold papers. Now, a few years on, the rest of the UK has followed suit and it's a totally normal part of our lives. We're seeing it again now with the 20mph speed limit in built up areas in Wales, introduced this year. So much noise in the press and so many inaccuracies being reported as true (it's not a blanket speed limit, not even close). In time, we and the rest of the UK will adjust and there'll be a point down the line where we won't be able to imagine driving 30mph through a busy high street.

That, if done right, can be so helpful for mom to heal after what is a pretty demanding process on her body.

isn't it still 16 weeks though? they said they were going to increase 4 more weeks but as far as I know it hasn't been approved yet. (they also said it was going to be 24 weeks like a couple of years ago and we're still stuck with 16 so I don't know if they are really going to make them be 20)

@@nuriafg6955 they approved it. They have until August to implement it. I’m pregnant due in September so I asked and that’s what I was told.

Just noticed today that it's 25 days in France now, and you can also take it if you're not the father, but lives together with the mother. You also keep all social rights, and obviously your job. Pretty recent apparently, 2013 law or something, I remembered it being like 5 days for fathers. Very nice.

​@@paulanavarro030110 I hope your pregnancy goes smoothly!

That should be implemented in Portugal. Unfortunately the traditional markets are dying in my country and I hate it.

Also the number of supermarkets in a certain area is limited (Belgium).

@@flitsertheo I envy you guys. Where I leave supermarkets have been popping up like mushrooms in the most insane way. Just disgusting. Now I understand why. They can’t grow in France, Belgium or Germany, Portugal is welcoming their expansion. I love my country but sometimes I feel our politics are so blatantly stupid.

La France et vraiment meilleur que l’États-Unis

@@evannpalma2404 I’m not that sure. Every time I visit Paris I see less and less genuine French people. Where are the true parisienses? The true French people? Lost somewhere I guess…. The same in London, in Berlin or Munich. Really sad and scaring.

Parents get 30 "double days" where they can use their parental days at the same time if they like.

Infants need time to bond with both parents. It has been proven to be beneficial for their mental health as they grow up. It's like with free education and universal health care: It pays for itself in the long run, often many times over. So why not invest in the population short term, when the long term financial gain is substantial? Every business person knows how smart it is to invest in the business to make it grow and make more money in the future. This is similar.

Also, the second parent gets an additional 10 days (not included in these 480) that they can use immediately when the baby is born, allowing both parents to be at home the first 2 weeks. And then those 30 overlapping days kick in...

Both get paid leave at the same time for the 2 first weeks that the baby is born

@@Kari.F. "it pays for itself in the long run" we need to remember that! (not only on this case, but many other)

The idea of parental leave is to make it easier for people to get children. I don't kmnow who much the compensation in Sweden is but in Germany there is the loss of income bigger when you earn more. My brother in law stayed home with the first child necvause my sister was not very wll after this birth but did not take the leave for the 2nd because of the financial loss. When you have to take the leave, there mioght be people who will wage the loss of money more than having a child, which is against the idea of parental leave.

Sometimes the woman earns more than the men, that's why the man stays at home. It was like that with my sister and her husband

@@helloweener2007 I would argue thats the part of the point of having to split the time. Women typically take more time off for family related matters and more often stop working altogether. So to avoid investing in a worker thats going to be "less" productive or quit anyway men get higher salaries to stay employed or get promoted, wich in turn leads to the men earning even more money and obviously being the working part of the relationship, since the financial loss if they stayed at home would be much greater, so the cycle starts again... So if you force the husband to generally take the same/similar time off as the mother you get rid of the reason why men get "better" jobs in the first place. Or rather you try to shrink the discrepancy between the two genders. As far as i know, there isn't really any country wich has equal pay at the moment.

@@alexandermarkhart1582 "I would argue thats the part of the point of having to split the time. Women typically take more time off for family related matters and more often stop working altogether." This is right but you also force families to lower their household income even when they don't won't it. "So if you force the husband to generally take the same/similar time off as the mother you get rid of the reason why men get "better" jobs in the first place." "As far as i know, there isn't really any country wich has equal pay at the moment." No you make the employer to take single man for the job. Had a girlfriend once, her mother owned a pharmacy. She had around 20 employees, mostly women and part time. One got pregnante and went on maternity leave. She had to hire another women, whioch is fine but after a few weeks she toild that she was pregnant too. You zhave ths cost for thois women too, you have to hiere a new substitute. This are all costs that men don't cause. And it is not done with forcing men out for 3 mnonths. Pregnancy can be very different. The wife of a friend was not able to work for the last 6 months of pregnancy. To much sickness, dizzyness, gestational diabetes. Yes, one reason for the diffrence in wages is part an dfull time. But another is: different jobs. There are many jobs in fields that can earn you much money that women don't like to do. Either because lack of physical abilities or they are not interested in the field: informatics and engnineering don't have much female students. And lots of jobs that require a some sort of higher degree are not paid over a union contract. These are jobs you have to bargain. Men are more competitive, in general. I know that there will be exceptions. In my friendzone there are 7 guys. We know each other since school and we are chilled with each other but when we play video or board games it is war, with banter and so on. Over the years allmost all got girlfriends / wifes that got also in our friendzone. But they just don't commit in such level in the competition when we play something against each other. Most of them are not very interested in technical stuff / informatics / computers. When they are the mean for women, it is absolutely clear clear why women are very rare in such good paid jobs. And this is the reality. my university mad only very technical subjects. maths, engineering, physics, informatics, chemistry. Chemistry was with the most women and they were less than 50%. This is one reason why women have less paid jobs in mean. And yes, it is also because they stay home more often. Somtimes it is because the father of the child earns more, sometimes because they want to stay home. Did it ever occured to you that there are woman who want this lifestyle? Being there fo4r the kids. And some have no other choice because they are single moms. I don't think that forcing men to stay home is the right way. And it is worse for the social secuirty accounts of the country. You have one person getting 5.000 EUR and paying in 2.500. And then you force him to stay home, you have to compensate him and a person with 2000 EUR and paying 1000 in works for him. Which is less paid in and more paid out at the end. Would be better to compensate the women more for the educational time.

How should they do it? Where would you put them? It's easy to say for you. The rich don't need to and the rest can't . It is expensive to go.

@@mondfee71 i think i know at least one emigré from USA living in retirement in Estonia. i think he is kinda rich then. perhaps liked Wisconsin-like climate more than Florida 😅

alot of them get fed propoganda about how great America is compared to the rest oft he world ...... for instance China is one of the cleanest modern countries in the world yet they get told it's a 3rd world all whilst avoiding Kensington Philadelphia, Shanghai compared to any American city is a luxury

How? There i a wall now! Mexicans would pay for cheap US workers finishing it, but US is out of professional non wooden wall builders without Mexicans

@@andreashofer4442 passports? i know they are rare in America but they allow you to travel .... visa however a different story but English speaking workers have a huge advantage on working abroad in alot of countries compared tos panish speaking etc

Excellent.

I meant to say-has had for years- it still has the system

@@johnderrick2501 er... what?

@@SiiriRebane clarification ?

@@SiiriRebane clarification ?

@@johnderrick2501 yes, please. i do not understand what you mean, saying "has had for years- it still has the system"

yeah, seems like the only thing that makes people want kids is: You will be completely miserable or just die when you get old, if you do not get enough kids to take care of you. AFAICT that is exactly the reason many people in absolute shitholes have *so* *many* *kids*. things that seemingly don't work at all: You'll get money! The state will pay for and take care off your kid most of the time! We'll try to minimize the disruption in your live! So very unpopular solution to dwindling birth rates here: Make the pension money you receive dependent on how many kids you have, and decouple it completely from the money paid in. (i.e. you pay you parents pension, and your kids will have to pay your pension. That means, should you decide not to have kids, you'd *need* to save half of the money you earn for retirement.)

No you're right there's a whole process to go through. Dignitas do not take people who are 'weary of life' (I think that's their phrase.) But you also have to have multiple visits with doctors and psychiatrists before they even start any processes.

a 15yr-old is not yet of legal age and cannot decide this on their own; a guardian is the one deciding such matters and in some cases a court might need to approve it. apart from that technicality, age doesn't seem to be an issue

Is that in the US? That's wild. It happened overnight here in Wales. There was a lot of noise about it in the press at the time - mostly in the wider UK rather than within Wales itself - and shops thought they'd have to shut down, bla bla. But it was easy and we'd never go back. For a while the 5p charge was donated to charities so they raised a load of money too.

The problem with plastic isn't so much the production of plastic but the fact that it ends up in the environment. In that sense it doesn't matter that it is recycled. It's what happens _after_ use that is the biggest problem. If everybody would just dispose of plastic properly, plastic would in many cases even be better than paper or other alternatives. Plastic does not degrade. It falls apart, sure, but that just means ever more microscopic plastic particles in nature. That's the real problem.

But some employers match up the lost 20% so U get the same money anyway