Why Men Still Can't Have It All

Article here. Excerpt:

'Lately, the raging debate about issues of "work-life balance" has focused on whether or not women can "have it all." Entirely lost in this debate is the growing strain of work-life balance on men, who today are feeling the competing demands of work and home as much or more than women. And the truth is as shocking as it is obvious: No one can have it all. Any questions?
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Allow me to paint another picture. One in which women are asked to make the same personal sacrifices as men past and present — too much time away from home, too many weekends at the computer, too much inconvenient travel — but then claim some special privilege in their hardship. One in which universal preschool and after-school programs would be a boon to all parents (and not, as Collins suggests, simply to women). In which men spend more time with their children, and are more involved with their home lives, than ever before. In which men work just as hard at their jobs, if not harder, than ever before. In which men now report higher rates of work-life stress than women do. In which men are tormented by the lyrics of "Cat's in the Cradle."'

This article is a very interesting response to the "women can/cannot have it all" debate that has been all over the media recently. It is a long article, and I don't agree with everything that the author has to say. But, he raises some good points and it's nice to see a male perspective on the subject, especially when he states the obvious: no one can have it all. Life is all about making choices, and living with the consequences of those choices.