Many Japanese men approve of paternity leave but do not take it when they actually have a child because they "wrongly believe other men think unfavorably of men taking paternity leave," a team of Japanese researchers said Wednesday.The researchers said part of the reason for Japan's perpetually low rates of men taking such leave, standing at 3% in fiscal 2016, can be explained by a psychological phenomenon known as "pluralistic ignorance," in which a norm is privately rejected but conformed with due to the mistaken belief that it is accepted by the majority of a group.The team led by Hiroyu…READ FULL ARTICLE
