To the stable of labels for us: at-home dads, full-time fathers, househusbands, let's add one more ... the Trailing Husband. I think the term is unfortunate, but the story that uses the term in the headline (I believe it's a More magazine piece from a couple of months ago) ain't so bad.

It's a variation of 2002's Trophy Husband piece in Fortune, with stories about power couples where the husband walked away from his career to back his wife's. There were a lot of interesting anecdotes and stories I hadn't seen, and, all in all, it made a compelling case that staying home can make an important difference in the range of choices that women have in the workplace. It's not preachy; it's not demanding. It lets the stories speak for themselves.