http://greengabbro.net/2005/09/21/balancing-work-and-family-just-use-your-penis/ rock out to the apparatus Sat, 22 Nov 2008 18:46:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://greengabbro.net/2005/09/21/balancing-work-and-family-just-use-your-penis/#comment-2364 yami Wed, 21 Sep 2005 13:36:00 +0000 http://greengabbro.net/2005/09/21/balancing-work-and-family-just-use-your-penis/#comment-2364 Jo, I think you’re spot on - there’s lots of reasons to want a stay-at-home parent, or a working-part-time-parent, or whatever, and I don’t mean to denigrate that. But it was only <em>4 of 138</em> women surveyed who were open to the possibility of their male partners being the primary career-sacrificin’ caretaker, even at the most starry-eyed stage of life. I meant to pull more “oh the status quo works for me” quotes to yell about, but got interrupted by the hot tub in the middle of ranting, and was feeling too mellow when I got back… Mostly what bothers me is that I never, ever see these types of articles written about men. Why must it always be women who grapple in public with the hard choices? Jo, I think you’re spot on - there’s lots of reasons to want a stay-at-home parent, or a working-part-time-parent, or whatever, and I don’t mean to denigrate that.
But it was only 4 of 138 women surveyed who were open to the possibility of their male partners being the primary career-sacrificin’ caretaker, even at the most starry-eyed stage of life. I meant to pull more “oh the status quo works for me” quotes to yell about, but got interrupted by the hot tub in the middle of ranting, and was feeling too mellow when I got back…
Mostly what bothers me is that I never, ever see these types of articles written about men. Why must it always be women who grapple in public with the hard choices?

]]> http://greengabbro.net/2005/09/21/balancing-work-and-family-just-use-your-penis/#comment-2363 Jo Wed, 21 Sep 2005 10:23:00 +0000 http://greengabbro.net/2005/09/21/balancing-work-and-family-just-use-your-penis/#comment-2363 Well, I’m not convinced that 2 people working full time really do have time for a child but if we ever have one it’ll be my partner who gives up/cuts back on work. Apart from anything else, I’ve got the bigger income so it would make sense. Perhaps if there was actually equal pay we’d see more equality in childcare? Well, I’m not convinced that 2 people working full time really do have time for a child but if we ever have one it’ll be my partner who gives up/cuts back on work. Apart from anything else, I’ve got the bigger income so it would make sense. Perhaps if there was actually equal pay we’d see more equality in childcare?

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