Courtney Martin on the universal need for family-friendly workplaces:
“Women are in the labor force — and every other public arena — to stay. So the choice for men is how we will relate to this transformation. Will we be dragged kicking and screaming into the future? Flee to some male-only preserve, circle the masculine wagons, and regroup?” asks masculinity scholar Michael Kimmel. “Or instead, will the majority of us who are now somewhere between eager embrace and resigned acceptance see instead the opportunity for the ‘enthusiastic embrace’ of gender equality?”
These are some of the questions at the center of a new report released by the Center for American Progress last week in partnership with Maria Shriver. Despite its title, A Woman’s Nation, it’s really about a future in which both men and women have the support to live fulfilling, healthy lives. The report features a broad range of public intellectuals, academics, and policy-makers reflecting on this benchmark moment in women’s labor participation.
