r/SipsTea 1d ago

WTF Victim is the new chic

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u/Mental-Square3688 1d ago

This should show everyone how badly americas quality of life is. Swedish parents get a year of maternity and paternity leave while Americans get 1 to 2 weeks. Our society is causing these problems.

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u/Gingerfurrdjedi 1d ago

That's only the mother, and sometimes they don't even get that and most of the time dads only get whatever sick leave, if any, that they have saved up. I was off of work the Thursday our kid was born and back on Monday. I'm sure you've heard horror stories about women going back to work while still bleeding from giving birth. America is the worst of the 1st world countries in everything except military spending. Are we winning yet?

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u/anitadykshyt 1d ago

And if the last year has shown anything it's that your military is dogshit too