While my attention has been elsewhere, the Wall Street Journal has been quietly publishing a series of seriously pro-father articles. The latest was this column by Sue Shellenbarger on housework. She pulls up a rather wonderful study that showed that while men typically overestimate their housework contribution, women tend to underestimate how much hubby does around the house.
This could be a glass-empty kind of thing: men's share of the housework is at 39 percent, which ain't exactly equal, but it's better than what the wives estimated (31 percent). I love the story because it exposes a hole between perception and reality as it relates to a stereotype (guys can't/don't help at home) that everyone assumes is true.
While we're at it, check out this piece on dads being torn between work and home as well as the followup. If you put aside the poor-me complaints that mar the second article, these stories add further weight to an important point: dads are feeling more and more conflicted, too, with balance issues. This is a trend for the next decade, and I'm tickled pink that the Wall Street Journal recognizes it.
This could be a glass-empty kind of thing: men's share of the housework is at 39 percent, which ain't exactly equal, but it's better than what the wives estimated (31 percent). I love the story because it exposes a hole between perception and reality as it relates to a stereotype (guys can't/don't help at home) that everyone assumes is true.
While we're at it, check out this piece on dads being torn between work and home as well as the followup. If you put aside the poor-me complaints that mar the second article, these stories add further weight to an important point: dads are feeling more and more conflicted, too, with balance issues. This is a trend for the next decade, and I'm tickled pink that the Wall Street Journal recognizes it.
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