Espousing joint custody as a favourable solution to bitter tug-of-wars in child custody battles, retired chief justice of Delhi high court AP Shah and justice RS Dalvi from the Bombay high court said that it could do wonders for the welfare of the child. This liberal view was expressed in a seminar, ‘Voice of Voiceless…
Read moreStressed Out Working Fathers?
They may not be happy about it, but working fathers have closed the “guilt gap” with working mothers, admitting they find it difficult to juggle work and family. Mothers, in turn, are becoming more likely to view earning money as an important part of motherhood. Both increasingly report they “always feel rushed.” “Fathers and mothers…
Read moreLean In?
I have no problem with encouraging people to go and follow your dreams. I have no problem with encouraging others to explore new careers they might now be aware of. I have no problem with thinking outside the box. BUT….I have a major problem when we put career over family. We now have a new…
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This morning I had a brief conversation with my daughter. I don’t get to see my kids on the weekends since I usually am working. I take time to speak to them at least once every weekend. This time I called up my kids on Sunday morning. My son is quite gregarious. He almost can’t stop…
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….and real women aren’t offended when we do it
Read moreDid you just look at my chest?
‘The road to high pay is a toll road.’—Warren Farrell
Why do women earn less than men? Women are systemically underpaid in part because they consciously or unknowingly make choices in their careers that lead to being paid less down the line, an author and educator says. Warren Farrell, author of a half-dozen books including Why Men Earn More, told the CBC’s Lang & O’Leary Exchange recently that his…
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Two high-powered women in tech — Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer and Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg — are leading the debate about women, equality in the workplace and work-life balance. This week on New Tech City, WNYC reporter Anna Sale talks to women in New York City’s tech scene about what they think of the messages coming down from…
Read moreDon’t Call Him Mom, or an Imbecile
The hapless, bumbling father is a stock character in product marketing. He makes breakfast for dinner and is incapable of handling, or sometimes even noticing, a soggy diaper. He tries desperately to hide the crumb-strewn, dirt-streaked evidence of his poor parenting before the mother gets home. This is an image that many fathers who attended…
Read moreWomen Who Make America
MAKERS: Women Who Make America tells the remarkable story of the most sweeping social revolution in American history, as women have asserted their rights to a full and fair share of political power, economic opportunity, and personal autonomy. It’s a revolution that has unfolded in public and private, in courts and Congress, in the boardroom and the bedroom,…
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