From the moment a woman’s career begins (no matter her actual plans) there is an underlying assumption that at some point her legal career will be “on pause” when she has kids. That assumption isn’t true for men who may or may not plan to have kids. /2 https://twitter.com/janescholes_/status/1358531849895706627

What if the default assumption was that men who chose to have kids would also be “on pause” for a period of time? What would that do to file allocation, path to partnership, pay structures? Not just during pregnancy (if applicable) & leave, but *well* before & after? /3

Men taking leave undeniably evens the playing field, and would likely result in more equitable policies and practices, too. (How do you fix a barrier for women? Make it a man’s problem. Solutions tend to materialize.) /4

How do we get more men to take parental leave? By making it the norm, the expectation. Those who take it now are still considered trailblazers. At best, they earn kudos, credibility, & likeability as a “family man”. At worst, they are ridiculed and shamed (yes, this happens). /5

What if instead it was weird for men who become parents NOT to be off work for a while? Only good things, I think. Only good things. /end (for now)

(Deleted and reposted because I, a millennial, only just learned how to properly thread tweets 1 minute ago. Still not confident I did it correctly...)