After Cuts to Autistic Caretaking Programs, Women Will Pick Up Slack

As a gangly, nerdy and awkward 11-year-old, I was bad at basketball. I remember being in gym class at school, an orange ball in my hands and absolutely no idea what to do with it. My attempt to make ...Read More

Until We Reach Equality, We Won’t End “Chore Wars”

[Co-written with Helen Mederer] The latest cover story from Time magazine, “Chore Wars,” purports to “lay to rest” the notion of working women’s second shift, instructing them to ...Read More

Where’s the Women’s Opportunity?

Finding a job is difficult enough with unemployment rates at 9.1 percent (as of May 2011), but it’s doubly hard for a group that already faces unique barriers: displaced homemakers–those ...Read More

W.O.M.E.N.: Why Our Progress in Management Has Stalled

A recent Government Accounting Office report found that the number of women managers increased by only 1 percent between 2000 and 2007, from 39 to 40 percent. Women’s progress into management has ...Read More

Stay-At-Home-Dads On The Rise? Not So Fast…

Stay-at-home dads are all the rage in the media since this rotten economy has forced many unemployed men back in the ranks of the homestead. Judging from the plethora of Father’s Day articles ...Read More