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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ironic that Musk brought Little X with him to the Senate today. [/quote]

The nanny was probably with them. [/quote]

So you assume he has childcare even though no one's seen it. But you assume thousands of federal employees don't have childcare because... ?

Hint: it's because they're women. No one in this lengthy thread assumes dad is WFH without childcare, or that a SAHD is watching kids. [/quote]

+100

I made a similar point earlier on in this thread. This whole thing is rooted in misogyny.

For whatever reason people are angry at the thought of a mom being able to balance a full time job and have the flexibility to get your kids from the bus after school or pop out to a school event mid-day.

If a dad does this type of thing he’s basically celebrated. But I think there’s a) a lot of women out there who had it much harder (either having to leave the workforce or outsource a ton of childcare) and b) men who sneer at having to compete with “a mom” in the workplace. [/quote]

Agree 100% with everything you said, but wanted to add something about pandemic WFH. 
The first 6 - 12 months of the pandemic did two things: (1) play to the strengths of women who were already used to being very efficient and flexible to manage both work and family, and (2) highlight how little a certain, mostly-male managerial class actually does at work. (Yes, not all men, etc. - but there were a LOT of men who had no idea what to do without an office to wander around and chat in.) I think these men felt useless or outperformed in their jobs at the same time they were getting overwhelmed at home by the work-life juggling that was more familiar to female peers and their spouse.

Then, as the pandemic dragged on and WHF was widely accepted, women who had been underemployed for family reasons (e.g., to do that after-school run or keep that part-time or WFH-friendly job that didn't pay much) were able to advance. Those women were always capable, but commuting to an office kept them from doing important family stuff so they didn't take those jobs or promotions. There are more women in the workforce full time, and more women in leadership, because of widespread WFH - and certain people hate that. [/quote]

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