I’ve discovered much of the struggle with balance that women experience is in the deep-seated belief that we have to choose a single path and stick to it, rather than some perfectly imperfect combination. I took a break from writing this afternoon to angrily slap some soap and water on a pile of dirty dishes, […]
Now that my inner self has had a little taste of the wild, it won’t easily be domesticated again. Several years ago, after a friend mentioned the name of a blog she liked to read, I looked up the website and soon became obsessed not only with that blog, but with many more just like […]
Gender roles are changing and dissolving all around us; so should the questions we ask. Men and women should simply do what works. “You must be the most politically correct man in America!” Nearly two decades ago, one of my wife’s male colleagues uttered these words upon meeting me during her medical internship. His traditional […]
This originally appeared on The Daily Life. Republished here with permission. If a man starts out believing that cooking, cleaning, and childcare is “women’s work,” then there’s little chance he will change his mind during the relationship. Remember that classic scene in When Harry Met Sally…where Meg Ryan’s Sally quizzes Billy Crystal’s Harry about his gender […]
