The arrival of women in the workplace has changed the way society functions – whether we’re talking about jobs and career, bringing up kids, or relationships. Research tells us that while women’s responsibilities have shifted to include paid work, their male partners still don’t share equally in the work at home. In fact, men are often stuck at the office, expected to be the ‘ideal worker’ and to have fewer family demands on their time. Can men break this cycle? Do they want to? And will their ...
The arrival of women in the workplace has changed the way society functions – whether we’re talking about jobs and career, bringing up kids, or relationships. Research tells us that while women’s responsibilities have shifted to include paid work, their male partners still don’t share equally in the work at home. In fact, men are often stuck at the office, expected to be the ‘ideal worker’ and to have fewer family demands on their time. Can men break this cycle? Do they want to? And will their workplaces let them?
Annabel Crabb is one of Australia's most popular political commentators and the host of Australia's first dedicated political cooking show, ABC TV's Kitchen Cabinet. She writes for ABC Online's The Drum and has worked extensively in TV and radio. She is a columnist for the Sunday Age, Sun-Herald and Canberra's Sunday Times and won a Walkley Award for her 2009 Quarterly Essay on Malcolm Turnbull.
Richard Glover is a presenter for ABC Radio, journalist and author of of twelve books, including George Clooney's Haircut - and Other Cries for Help - a collection of his comic pieces as featured on ABC radio's Thank God It's Friday. His weekly humour column has been published in the Sydney Morning Herald for over twenty years.
Graeme Russell is a consultant on work/life, fatherhood, gender equality, flexibility and organisational change. He was previously an Associate Professor in Psychology at Macquarie University and is recognised as a leading international researcher on fathers and families. His books include First-time Father: The Essential Guide for the New Dad.
Brigid Schulte is a staff writer for The Washington Post and the author of Overwhelmed: Work, Love, and Play When No One Has the Time, a New York Times bestselling book on time pressure and modern families.
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