Why we’re here

Women with children do more work – paid and at home – than their male partners. There’s research to back this up, but for now I’m going to call this The Problem.

That’s a very unattractive proposition. I could, however, be coaxed into something that resembled a 50:50 split. A genuine equal partnership. Co-parenting, equal parenting, shared parenting, sharing the load, fairenting (ok I made up that one). A full commitment’s what I’m thinking of.

I’m an anglo Australian woman living in Sydney. I have a well-paid white collar job and a husband who believes in gender equality.

This should not be hard.

And yet when I look at friends and peers, I see The Problem. So it’s not going to happen automatically.

Over the past decade there’s been a lot of work on understanding The Problem. I’m interested in solutions.

Join me as I figure out what works in theory, what works for others, and what works for us.