Culture of men’s work trapping fathers
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In an August article, Annabel Crabb asked why Australia’s culture around work and parental leave means that when a family changes, it is women who change and adapt to the new reality. She drew on AIFS researcher Dr Jennifer Baxter’s work, including a graph (see below) that she described as ‘the baldest possible visual demonstration of how differently mother and fathers experience work and family balance’.
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