As an early-pandemic shift towards fathers being able to do more hands-on parenting evaporates, advocates say men should stand up for their right to pick up the kids in 2022 | wtuohy
has found that what progress was made towards flexibility and participation at home for fathers has eroded.
For this to happen, politicians and policymakers must adopt “a carer’s mindset” – something many parenting lobby groups have also argued. “While COVID delivered this intensification of unpaid labour, the distribution continued in its old pattern and piled the lion’s share onto women who were already bearing the majority of unpaid labour ... this occurs within a broader context of an economy and society, a culture and labour markets and a care system that do not support gender equality in the division of labour.
“Men look around and they know flexible work means you’re going to be shifted off onto the mummy track, it’s not feasible to have two parents on that.
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