Activism: February 2008 Archives
The January issue of the Sloan Work and Family Research
Network newsletter includes a full-length
interview with Ellen Bravo, author of Taking
On The Big Boys and former director of 9to5
National Association of Working Women. It's a nice complement to the MMO's August
2007 interview with the author. For example, when asked how to develop more
equality between men and women at home, Bravo responds:
I have a saying: "Housework is work to be done by those that live in the house." It’s not mom’s work that others do or don’t help her with. More men would be involved in the home if they weren’t punished for it at work, so we need to change workplace policies. Secondly, assuming that men acknowledge women’s equality, it needs to be clear that men and women are not equal if the work done at home isn’t equal. This doesn’t just refer to chores, it also refers to thinking, analyzing, and arranging. There also must be an acceptance that both jobs are important and that the man’s job doesn’t take precedence.
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Network was established to support research and
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issues that affect the lives of working families and the places where they
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