by Christine Marlet | Jun 16, 2025 | All, Fatherhood-Motherhood-Children Education, Gender Equality, Work-Life Balance/Integration
This Father’s Day, an estimated 72 million greeting cards will zip through the mail, according to Hallmark. Father’s Day ranks a respectable fourth on the list of the highest “card-buying” holidays of the year. But it’s still far behind the next-highest: Mother’s Day.
Dads probably shouldn’t take it personally. People tend to feel more sentimental toward their mothers. But while public displays of affection might matter less to dads than to moms, a new report on the impact fathers have on their kids suggests we shouldn’t underestimate how much dads matter.
by Christine Marlet | Jun 11, 2025 | All, Fatherhood-Motherhood-Children Education, Work-Life Balance/Integration
One might expect opinion writers, activist groups, and politicians, who never hesitate to exploit major news to promote their agendas, to at least verify the research before speaking with dogmatic certainty. Last week, the focus on what needed to change, if our society wanted to cleanse itself of gender-based violence, centered on a range of issues such as prevention, judicial reform, and sex education.
by Christine Marlet | Jun 11, 2025 | All, Fatherhood-Motherhood-Children Education, Work-Life Balance/Integration
On my first weekend at college, a quarter century ago now, I dutifully packed my laundry basket, bottle of detergent, and quarters for the machines, and descended into the basement of the building next-door to mine to do laundry. As I was starting a load, I overheard a conversation between two guys in the laundry room. They were, it appears, highly confused about what exactly they needed to do
by Christine Marlet | Jun 3, 2025 | All, Fatherhood-Motherhood-Children Education, Gender Equality, Women and Men Cooperation at Home, Work-Life Balance/Integration
There has been a significant increase in flexible working in the last two decades, especially during Covid. But there is disagreement about the effects of this – does it create an opportunity for more equal division of housework and childcare, or reinforce traditional gender divisions?
by Christine Marlet | Jun 3, 2025 | All, Fatherhood-Motherhood-Children Education, Work-Life Balance/Integration
The COVID-19 crisis has further amplified the blurring of the boundaries between professional and personal life, and working parents have been hard hit. In 2021, mothers in particular were 15% less confident than men about their professional future in France. Internationally, in 2024, almost 1 in 2 women considered that having children had a negative impact on their career.
by Christine Marlet | May 6, 2025 | All, Fatherhood-Motherhood-Children Education, Gender Equality, Women in Leadership, Work-Life Balance/Integration
When I had my first baby, I was struck by how many people assumed my career as a director would be put on ice. More people asked, “Have you painted the nursery yet?” and “Will you be going back to work?” rather than, “What are your next career goals?” Meanwhile, no one seemed to ask my male partner the same questions.
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