I've whined in this space before about the dearth of thoughtful research on at-home fathers and the fact that no one has taken much time to figure out who we are and how we decided to take this gig. So I'm guarded optimistic about this USC effort to create a disipline called "Men's Studies. From the story, it looks like it'll be a real exploration of the other side of the gender revolution of the last 50 years. Though new areas of academic study sometimes seem to respond to someone's ideological need, rather than an academic need, the fact that the Women's Studies profs quoted are also upbeat about the prospect makes me more comfortable.

For more on the subject of the "stroller effect", check out Being Daddy, who has both a nice post and a lively discussion in his comment