Fairness gap: When mothers are the only parent working remotely, they do more child care than usual; when fathers are the only parent working remotely, they don't. In the Netherlands, some mothers have resorted to hiring babysitters to cope when working from home. — AFP
IT'S been a tough 12 months for mothers. For about a millisecond after the onset of the pandemic, I hoped that remote work would cause fathers to finally see all of the myriad household tasks mothers do every day and begin doing their fair share. It didn't happen.
Instead of curing the fairness gap, we got the Great Covid-19 Cop-out.
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