“I wanted to be able to change diapers.” That’s what Tim Donohue told me when I asked him about the life-altering choices he’d made regarding the elusive work/life balance. We had both just read the recent New York Times article, “The Opt-Out Generation Wants Back In,” revisiting the topic of women with Ivy League pedigree and promising career prospects who’d “opted out” of corporate life to dedicate themselves wholly to the art of maternal domestication. Judith Warner’s findings were decidedly mixed, but with all of the talk of women on the “Mommy Track,” I was left to wonder, What about the dudes?
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Men Want It All Too: Work And Family
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“I wanted to be able to change diapers.” That’s what Tim Donohue told me when I asked him about the life-altering choices he’d made regarding the elusive work/life balance. We had both just read the recent New York Times article, “The Opt-Out Generation Wants Back In,” revisiting the topic of women with Ivy League pedigree and promising career prospects who’d “opted out” of corporate life to dedicate themselves wholly to the art of maternal domestication. Judith Warner’s findings were decidedly mixed, but with all of the talk of women on the “Mommy Track,” I was left to wonder, What about the dudes?