Tech entrepreneur stirs debate after calling men who take 6 months paternity leave 'losers'

[Demovictory9]

Tech entrepreneur stirs debate after calling men who take 6 months paternity leave ‘losers’


A prominent investor and entrepreneur stirred online debate Wednesday after calling fathers with important jobs "losers" if they take six months of paternity leave for a newborn.


Jon Lonsdale, a co-founder of Palantir Technologies and general partner at 8VC, made it clear in his post that he thinks it is "great" for fathers to spend time with their families and support new moms, "but any man in an important position who takes 6 months of leave for a newborn is a loser."

"In the old days men had babies and worked harder to provide for their future—that’s the correct masculine response," he posted.


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Palantir did not immediately respond to an email from Fox News. Bloomberg reported that Lonsdale has been a vocal critic of "woke" politics, but he clarified his post later and said using the word "loser" was uncalled for. He also said he was for some paternity leave, but called six months "silly."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/tech-entrepreneur-stirs-debate-after-calling-men-who-take-6-months-paternity-leave-losers/ar-AAQ2aM8

[Skittles]

1. you know, because bonding with babies is only "women's work"

fucking sexist piece of shit

[multigraincracker]

2. He is most likely to demand

those kids get a job too.

[Celerity]

3. Not sure the full extent of what actually happened, but he was accused of raping his student

turned GF hundreds of times. They settled out of court and some of her story was supposedly discredited.

Stanford model, 24, sues venture capitalist who was her college mentor - claiming he raped her up to ten times a day on trips to London and Rome

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2944692/amp/Former-Stanford-student-Ford-model-24-sues-venture-capitalist-college-mentor-claiming-raped-ten-times-day-trips-London-Rome-left-PTSD.html

[Dorian Gray]

4. I think we should model parental leave like this:

Give six months total and let the parents work out who and how and when they take it.

ETA: Each family situation is different for a number of reasons, so let them figure it out. Paid.

[Skittles]

5. that actually is a very fine idea

you are correct, circumstances can be very different indeed

[Voltaire2]

6. We can't even get 2 weeks.

Fuck the oligarchs.

[PoliticAverse]

7. People tend to overestimate their importance at their job.

You want to believe "if I quit they could never replace me" but the fact is most people at most jobs are relatively easily replaced.

That's why so many countries are able to offer parental leave.

If you can take 6 months off from your job you weren't really that important. Most employees aren't.

[luv2fly]

8. Telling other men how to be "masculine"

Go fuck yourself.

[Scrivener7]

9. A man who uses "correct masculine response" in a sentence has serious problems with his masculinity.

[Johnny2X2X]

10. On your death bed

No one on their death bed ever thinks to themselves, "I wish I would have spent more time away from my family working."

Early childhood bonding is vital to the development of children. Family leave strengthens our society.

[madville]

11. My job gives new parents 6 weeks off paid

It’s good for them, most of the new fathers that come back after 6 weeks say they are happy to be back at work and away from the house lol.

[mcar]

12. Fcking idiot

My son is about to take his 4th month of paternity leave. He and my DIL have staggered their leaves a bit so they can be home with my granddaughter for her first 5 months. They have loved every minute of it and he's at work now with a better perspective.