PUSHING FOR PARTNER PARITY When the lockdown was in full effect, I took on many of the domestic responsibilities at home. As a working dad, I was an exception. A recent Marketplace-Edison study found stark gender disparity when it came to supervising children during the pandemic. Sixty-three percent of women said they were primarily responsible, compared to 29 percent of men. It can be a delicate dance, deciding whose career gets priority at different points. Bridget Lopez, managing partner at Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, says she had to have a conversation with her husband: “I said, ‘I know you’re super busy. So am I. You’re going to have to take part of the responsibility, and I’ll take the other part, but I can’t do it all myself.’ Unfortunately, in most homes, [women] don’t have the power dynamic that I have.”
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