Josh Levs: By taking time off as transportation secretary to welcome his new children, Buttigieg is still serving the public good — by normalizing paternity leave. - NBCNewsTHINK
Chasten and Pete Buttigieg shared this image of their newborn twins, Penelope Rose and Joseph August, on Sept. 4.Josh Levs, author of "All In: How Our Work-First Culture Fails Dads, Families, and Businesses — And How We Can Fix It Together"is a strong reminder of a major force holding back gender equality, businesses and the economy: nonsensical stigmas against men as caregivers.
Across the country, men are sometimes fired or demoted or lose job opportunities for taking paternity leave. Buttigieg had been home since mid-August with his husband, Chasten, as they took care of their newborn twins. When that news broke last week, Fox News’ Tucker Carlson slammed Buttigieg, saying he was on “paternity leave, they call it, trying to figure out how to breastfeed.”
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