Men helping more at home is the key to gender equality?

In the Western world, motherhood remains the barrier to gender equality. Until they have children, young women now earn nearly the same as men and climb the career ladder at a similar pace. With the babies often come career breaks, part-time work and a rushed two-shift existence that means sacrificing informal networks like the after hours beer-and-bonding experience often crucial at promotion time.

The only thing that can level the playing field at work is a level playing field at home. And that requires a major shift in public policy and corporate culture...reports the New York Times...more