00:00Over half of the countries that rank highest in gender equality across different sectors
00:04also rank highest on the Global Happiness Index.
00:07A lot of these countries pay for early child care and high-quality education.
00:12They have national parental leave for both men and women.
00:15So instead of this idea of stay-at-home mom, they're supporting parents, period.
00:20Because dads are being deprived of their power too.
00:24The power of nurturing and raising the next generation.
00:29A recent study in the U.S. showed that 50% of men who are offered paid paternity leave feel
00:34they can't take it.
00:38Men have an entire history of stereotypes and expectations to wrestle with too.
00:44And those men who are equal parents, I feel like they're the next chapter of first and onlys
00:50that are paving the path to something better.
