There Is a Law

A great headline out of Australia. It’s the Law: Men Do Fewer Chores [Sydney Morning Herald]. But the story is actually that because the Aussie Federal Sex Discrimination regulations offer “an inadequate level of protection for men against discrimination on the basis of family responsibilities it provides a strong disincentive for men to take on a greater care-taking role within the family unit.” Not so different from the US, where despite FMLA, men are still actively prevented from taking paternity leave or using flex-time work arrangements.