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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So true. Woman will be set back by this for sure.[/quote]

or men will finally step up.

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And do what? They have precisely the dilemma described in the article - they need to send their kids to school and they need to go back to work - and the article did not propose any solutions.

It is idiotic to make this a men vs women problem, because it isn’t.[/quote]

Women disproportionally do the vast bulk of childcare in this country. [/quote]

SO. WHAT.

You’re totally missing the point.

WHAT DO YOU WANT MEN TO DO?[/quote]

More childcare? Isn't that obvious? What are you missing here?[/quote]

What kind of childcare? Provided by who? Why is that a “men step up” issue? What do you want me, a man who is not the CEO and has no great power or control in my company, to step up and do?[/quote]

Pre-COVID:  Who schedules doctor appointments and takes the kids in your house?  Who monitors the kids homework and all the paperwork that comes home from school?  Who researches, selects, registers, and arranges transportation for the kids to get summer camp every year?

Post-COVID:  Who is responsible for providing childcare during the days the kids aren't at school?

"Stepping up" means don't leave it all for the mom to make it work.  Pre-COVID moms did the vast majority of this work but they largely were able to balance it with paid work.  That isn't possible post-COVID and it means for most dual income families, that someone is going to have to sacrifice.  It shouldn't always be the mom.

And before you default to "well, my job pays more", you should take a second to appreciate that many women are paid less because they do the vast majority of the unpaid work and the gender pay gap itself is tied to parental leave (in countries with equitable parental leave policies, the gender pay gap closes).

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