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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That isn’t maternity leave. You’re dropping out of the workforce (or in this case -school) unpaid. [/quote]

Agree, this isn't 'maternity leave' as most people would understand the term.[/quote]

As most Americans would understand the term, you're right, but in just about every other western country it is exactly what maternity leave is. [/quote]

No, its not. Germany provides 6 months of maternity leave at full pay and 6 months at a graduated stipend.

Leaving a job and retaining income is the point. OP is an unpaid wife/student who will not even be paid by the college as a professor taking actual leave would.[/quote]

It doesn’t matter if she’s paid or not. She’s taking time off and plans to go back- that’s “leave”. Most women in the US aren’t getting paid while on maternity.[/quote]

You've gone from arguing Europeans are taking unpaid jaunts out of the workforce to have babies to now Americans are. Which is it? Because the former don't do that unpaid, [b]their government gives that extensive child payments and leave payments[/b]. And the latter doesn't do it for long-term stints of a year precisely because their jobs aren't protected - they are either in or they're out as permanent SAHPs.[/quote]

The extent of “fully paid” leave in European countries is very much exaggerated.  The maximum weekly amounts are typically very low and something in line with unemployment payments.  For example, in the UK you receive 90% for 6 weeks and after that, it’s $200 MAX a week from the government for 33 weeks.  Now $200 a week is better than nothing, but it’s hardly “fully paid.”  I would argue that what the UK is offering isn’t that much better than the US (since most women have access to state or STD policies for 6-8 weeks).  The exception is that you’ll have your job held for you, but their labor market is also more rigid.

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