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21 Cardozo J.L. & Gender 475 (2014-2015)
All You Need Is Leave: Rethinking the Concept of Paternity Leave

handle is hein.journals/cardw21 and id is 495 raw text is: ALL YOU NEED IS LEAVE? RETHINKING THE CONCEPT OF PATERNITY LEAVE IFAT MATZNER-HERUTI According to the common view, fathers should be entitled to paternity leave following the birth or adoption of their children. Such leave, it is believed, will increase fathers' involvement in childcare as well as enhance an equal division of caregiving and work between parents. In order to examine these assumptions, this article investigates the Israeli paternity leave provision, enacted in 1998. According to the data, the provision has been used by only a negligible number of Israeli fathers, and this article aims at exploring possible reasons for this low use. Building upon the Israeli experience as well as other countries' empirical research about paternity leave, the article suggests rethinking the concept of paternity leave and advocates for a more relevant and effective new policy. TABLE OF CONTENTS Introdu ction ........................................................................................................... 4 76 I. The Israeli Maternity and Paternity Leave Provision ........................................ 477 II. The Low Usage of the Israeli Paternity Leave Provision: Data and Probable R easons ...................................................................................... 479 A . The Provision's Form ulation ................................................................ 480 B. Restrictive Eligibility Requirements ..................................................... 481 C. The Effect of Masculinity Norms on Fathers' Usage of Leave ............ 481 D. The Stated Purposes of the Provision: Emphasizing Workplace O pportunities for W om en .................................................................. 484 III. An Examination of Current Suggestions for Improving the Israeli Paternity Leave Provision ......................................................................... 485 A . M andatory Paternity Leave .................................................................. 485 B. Use-it-or-lose-it Paternity Leave ....................................................... 486 C. Paternity Leave of Eight Days .............................................................. 489 IV.Rethinking Paternity Leave in Israel: A Preliminary Sketch of the 'Reduced Schedule Provision ............................................................... 490 A. Rethinking the Idea of Paternity Leave ............................................... 490 B. Towards a New Solution for Israeli fathers - A Preliminary Sketch of the Reduced Schedule Provision. .............................................. 492 1. R SP 's Strengths ............................................................................. 493

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