I'm not really buying this. Look at the Nordic countries that rank highest in the world in gender equality[1]. They certainly don't have problems with men "chec

I'm not really buying this. Look at the Nordic countries that rank highest in the world in gender equality[1]. They certainly don't have problems with men "checking out". In Sweden and Iceland the difference between male and female unemployment is a couple percentage points (< 5%)[2][3]. As with any major economic change (industrialization, technological revolution, etc..) there will be growing pains. Bringing women into the workforce is a massive change and of course there will be some casualties. But as with the industrial and technological revolutions, you'd be hard pressed to find anyone saying life was better before these events (environmental problems not withstanding) [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Gender_Gap_Report http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Gender_Gap_Report [2] http://www.tradingeconomics.com/sweden/long-term-unemployment-male-percent-of-male-unemployment-wb-data.html http://www.tradingeconomics.com/sweden/long-term-unemploymen... [3] http://www.tradingeconomics.com/iceland/long-term-unemployment-female-percent-of-female-unemployment-wb-data.html http://www.tradingeconomics.com/iceland/long-term-unemployme...