The masculine mystique - the boot is on the other foot

An article in the Guardian recognises that men face sexist challenges just as do women.

Or rather, just as women face challenges in the public, work sphere, men face challenges in the private, domestic sphere.

This is The Other Glass Ceiling.

In the 1950s and 1960s, 'women ... were saying: “Some of us might want to work.” In the 2000s and 2010s, 'men ... are saying: “Some of us might want to work less.”'

Or another way: 'Women were saying: “We want to be taken seriously in public life.” Men – some at least – are saying: “We want to be taken seriously in our private life.”'

See the full article at The Guardian, Mark Rice-Oxley, "The 'masculine mystique' – why men can't ditch the baggage of being a bloke" 22 November 2017.

Shared inequalities: at work and at home

By Stephen S Holden 

Job-swapping: his for hers

Just as women face challenges in participating in the work domain, so men face challenges participating in the home domain.

Emma Watson in her much-discussed UN speech observed that inequalities faced by women are everyone’s problem, and importantly, they are only a part of the problem.

Just as inequalities are overlooked, so too are the solutions. Annabel Crabb recently observed that career women are frequently asked about how they manage their family lives while men never are.

Her solution is deceptively simple: “I don’t think the answer is to stop asking women. The answer is to start asking men.”