Take childcare, for example. Sweden enacted a law in 1974 allowing men to take paternal leave, yet only 3 % of those eligible to take such leave do so. This figure has risen annually in recent years, but fathers only take an average of 53 days off, compared to an average of 225 days for mothers.
以兒童照顧為例，瑞典在一九七四年立法，規定父親也得以請育嬰假時，符合請假資格的父親，只有 3％使用這項權利；近年雖然逐漸增加，但父親請假的天數平均為五十三天，仍遠遠低於母親的平均二百二十五天。