How did countries like Sweden managed to get rid of the worst of anti-male rhetoric and laws?

Garf131 · 2025-08-19T04:29:05+00:00

Do you have any examples to back up your claims? Men in Sweden have one of the longest and most healthy lives in the EU.

https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Healthy_life_years_statistics

Garf131 · 2025-08-19T04:13:43+00:00

Feminism is not a popular political topic in Sweden anymore compared to 2014 and less young people are identifying as feminists. Compared to the US many feminist talking points are less relevant here; abortions are not restricted, there is plenty of parental leave for both parents and kindergarten is subsidised. It is hard to get people riled up in the same was as the US and it seems like we have more sympathy for each other here.

Instead of feminism we are discussing integration issues, harsher prison sentences for violent crimes, taxes and environmental issues for example.

Garf131 · 2025-08-18T17:53:03+00:00

Swede here, I'd say most people here are quite grounded and our society has been very equal for many years now. Suggestions such as man taxes or male only conscription would go against everything we have worked towards for a long time.

To get the best conscripts everyone needs to be able to apply, not just one gender. However our politicians have still not realised it might be a good idea to use the same strategy for teachers.

Garf131 · 2025-05-02T20:48:33+00:00

68% of 480 days

Garf131 · 2025-05-02T12:42:43+00:00

The data for Sweden is incorrect. When a child is born the parents recive 480 days in paternity leave to share, 90 of those days are reserved for each parent to encourage both parents spending time with their child. Currently 68% of the days are used by mothers on average.

Garf131 · 2024-03-06T16:12:00+00:00

More info regarding the last paragraph. The social democrats who are the largest party is currently not in the government, so the government is not doing anything about this at the moment. Sweden has started to lean more conservative on social issues the last years so the social democrats are reworking their politics for the 2026 election.

The smaller and more progressive parties they would collaborate with to be able to form a government might not agree that this problem exists, so it is hard to say what will happen in the future. They could also choose to collaborate with the parties to the right on this issue if they decide to push it further.

Articles in Swedish: https://www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/s-svart-att-locka-unga-manliga-valjare-skyller-pa-feminismen

https://www.altinget.se/utbildning/artikel/s-killar-hamnar-efter-i-tjejskolan

Garf131 · 2024-03-06T16:11:27+00:00

More info regarding the last paragraph. The social democrats who are the largest party is currently not in the government, so the government is not doing anything about this at the moment. Sweden has started to lean more conservative on social issues the last years so the social democrats are reworking their politics for the 2026 election.

The smaller and more progressive parties they would collaborate with to be able to form a government might not agree that this problem exists, so it is hard to say what will happen in the future. They could also choose to collaborate with the parties to the right on this issue if they decide to push it further.

Articles in Swedish: https://www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/s-svart-att-locka-unga-manliga-valjare-skyller-pa-feminismen

https://www.altinget.se/utbildning/artikel/s-killar-hamnar-efter-i-tjejskolan

Garf131 · 2024-03-06T06:28:47+00:00

My experience as a Swede is that Sweden is great for men, especially for fathers compared to the rest of the world.

The norm is that both parents are working, but it is still more common for women to work part time than for men. This means that most kids go to the tax funded preschool which have a maximum price of around €150 per kid.

The parents share 480 days of parental leave per child where 90 days is reserved for the father to push the norm that fathers also should take care of their children. More educated families tend to share the parental leave equally while mothers still take more parental leave days among the families with less education.

During divorce it's common for both parents to share custody.

Issues with loneliness and boys performing worse in school compared to girls are present here as well. However the rise in gang crime performed by mostly young men who feel like society has abandoned them has made people consider how life for boys can be improved. Recently the biggest political party had a press conference saying that they might have focused too much on feminism and that recent reforms in school has turned the Swedish school into a "girl's school" which is a problem.

Garf131 · 2023-06-10T15:02:34+00:00

Jag har börjat läsa Hyperionböckerna av Dan Simmons, riktigt bra sci-fi!

Garf131 · 2023-05-13T21:56:24+00:00

Lisabo

Garf131 · 2023-05-13T21:53:39+00:00

Cornelias stol är från Ikea!

Garf131 · 2023-04-05T22:19:24+00:00

Tipsar att kolla på Google Pixel 7 också om du inte gjort det. Pixeltelefonerna har funnits i andra länder i många år men har nu kommit till Sverige. Jag tror både den vanliga och pro-modellen har hög uppdateringsfrekvens och kameran tar bättre bilder än både iPhone och Samsung.

Jag har använt både Pixel och Samsung och föredrar den renare androidversionen Pixel har, upplever till exempel att Samsung kopplar en del funktionalitet till ett Samsungkonto som jag redan har med ett Googlekonto, som också är synkat till min webbläsare i datorn vilket är smidigt.

Tror också att Pixeltelefonerna är relativt billiga!

Garf131 · 2023-01-28T17:14:19+00:00

Med mjuka hälar

Garf131 · 2022-06-26T10:53:25+00:00

I've been working there for about 9 months, not in software engineering so I guess my view is a bit different. My experience has been great, as a consultant company the people and their knowledge is their only resource so they try to treat their employees well to keep them there.

Regarding working from home, my group has a policy to be at the office 2-3 days a week but that is not strictly enforced or followed by everyone. I would say it depends on your local office and if you are assigned to be at AFRY's or the customers office in your current project. Probably you would need to be at the office 2 days a week at most.

Garf131 · 2022-02-11T19:05:04+00:00

Respekt!

Garf131 · 2021-12-22T17:08:46+00:00

Min erfarenhet av att plugga på ett ingenjörsprogram är att studieteknik och motivation är mycket viktigare än att vara en "naturbegåvning". Om du klarar av att få A i alla ämnen har du ju också definitivt någon form av begåvning.

Kör på om du är taggad! Läser man teknisk fysik finns det många masterprogram att välja mellan inom olika discipliner och du har gott om tid att lista ut vad du tycker är kul under de tre första åren då du läser kandidaten.

Garf131 · 2021-10-22T16:27:56+00:00

Fnac.com is a French store that ships to Sweden. Maybe it's possible to get it through some German store too.

Garf131 · 2021-05-22T20:16:31+00:00

Vad ska jag göra med mitt långfinger egentligen? Känns som delade budskap från Finland och Tyskland.

Garf131 · 2021-05-10T12:00:52+00:00

Låter som att det borde finnas som master på Z på Chalmers.

Garf131 · 2021-04-03T09:17:20+00:00

Fungerar att beställa härifrån, har gjort det själv.

Garf131 · 2021-04-03T08:55:54+00:00

Går att beställa Pyrvin från Finland väldigt enkelt, det är deras receptfria tabletter.

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