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All the Rage

Mothers, Fathers, and the Myth of Equal Partnership

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All the Rage

By: Darcy Lockman
Narrated by: Abby Craden
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Picking up where All Joy and No Fun left off, All the Rage sets out to understand why, in an age of so-called equality, full-time working mothers still carry.

The inequity of domestic life is one of the most profound and perplexing conundrums of our time. In an era of seemingly unprecedented feminist activism, enlightenment, and change, data shows that one area of gender inequality stubbornly remains: the unequal amount of parental work that falls on women, no matter their class or professional status. All the Rage investigates the cause of this pervasive inequity to answer why, in households where both parents work full-time, mothers’ contributions - even those women who earn more than their partners - still outweigh fathers’ when it comes to raising children and maintaining a home.

How can this be? How, in a culture that has studied and lauded the benefits of fathers’ being active, present partners in child-rearing - benefits that extend far beyond the well-being of the kids themselves - can a commitment to fairness in marriage melt away upon the arrival of children?

Darcy Lockman drills deep to find answers, exploring how the feminist promise of true domestic partnership almost never, in fact, comes to pass. Starting with her own case study as ground zero, she moves outward, chronicling the experiences of a diverse cross-section of women raising children with men; visiting new mothers’ groups and pioneering co-parenting specialists; and interviewing experts across academic fields, from gender studies professors and anthropologists to neuroscientists and primatologists.

Lockman identifies three tenets that have upheld the cultural gender division of labor and peels back the reasons both men and women are culpable. Her findings are startling - and offer a catalyst for true change.

©2019 Darcy Lockman (P)2019 HarperCollins Publishers
Gender Studies Marriage & Long-Term Partnerships Motherhood Psychology Equality

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I'm not going crazy

If nothing new learnt from this book, I at least feel validated by other people's perspectives and research. Being a working female and a mother striving to balance it all, all the while questioning your partners perspective is definitely not unique. I won't give up the battle for equality.

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A very insightful and incredibly important book

I think all genders should read/listen to this book before having kids. The narration was very engaging.

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