[lan321]

Outside of the maternity leave issue there's a cultural issue with stay at home dads. I believe in essentially all countries, if the family isn't financially secure, it's assumed the dad's a bum, so leaving the financial situation to your better half feels like it can backfire.

Worded like this it sounds stupid but it's just one of those things..

[graemep]

There used to be similar assumptions around women working - it was seen as neglecting their family. Culture can change.

[lan321]

Good point.