The debate over parental leave isn't *just* about women in the workplace (although it is that!), it's also about whether employers see workers as valued team members they want to invest in long term or as easily replaceable cogs.
This is especially evident in discussions about, for instance, blocking workers from taking leave within the first year of work. If you're thinking about workers as cogs, of course you don't want a cog to go offline for three months right after it's installed.
But if this is a *team member* and a person you want to make a long term investment in, then who cares about those three months? You have plenty of time to build a relationship with them and this is just the start.
Anyway I don't think this is purely about capitalism vs socialism — there are some reads on capitalism that would argue that long term investment in people leads to greater long term profits! — I think it's really about short term vs long term gain.
And short term thinking is very appealing but as the name suggests it is, uh, short term.
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