LogFAQs > #961831469

I'm a guy. We have parental leave policy at my workplace where both the mother and father can take 6 weeks off. You can take this time in one week chunks within 1 year of the child's birth.

So I wanted to take 4 weeks off, and save the other 2 weeks for whenever my child gets sick or whatever. I told my manager this, and he's fine with it. I told my coworkers, and this one coworker keeps calling me a pussy for wanting to take more than 2 weeks off... He's like back in his days, you wouldn't take a week or two off at most, that it's a woman's job to bond and be with the newborn.

Now, I've tried talking to him privately, and he just doubles down and calls me a guy with no balls for being offended. I don't really want to go to HR nor his manager, since except for this one instance, he's a pretty nice guy.

So... What are my options here?