> In the end, it was not mainly about empowering women, it was about doubling the worker pool. This is a cynical take. I'm unhappy with the situation we ended

> In the end, it was not mainly about empowering women, it was about doubling the worker pool. This is a cynical take. I'm unhappy with the situation we ended up with, but the primary factor was to give women a choice, not to force them to sit home by default and only pursue what they love if they put enormous effort to it. I'd go as far as to say the failure of single-income household was unintended effect of several good changes that people fought for over decades. And I believe you're wrong about the lack of father figure because in the traditional model he was ever more absent as today - Cat's in the Cradle is 50 years old now.