Did you know that “‘young, highly educated, and occupationally successful fathers in dual career marriages are less satisfied with their work, marriages, and personal lives than similar men who are sole providers for their families,’ largely because they feel that domestic and childrearing tasks are not being granted enough attention”? So says a study cited by author Steven Rhoads, according to a review of his book Taking Sex Differences Seriously.
In addition, Rhoads writes that “new mothers with relatively extensive work experience outside the home—more than thirty hours per week—produced children who at age three had poorer cognitive and verbal development than children of stay-at-home mothers.”
The entire review is a heartening read for those who of us who have long known, even if science hasn’t always proved, that men and women are different, and it’s a good difference.
“[Men's] sense of duty and capacity for sacrifice will be brought forth more readily if women will say ‘no’ to casual sex and give them time and motive to turn their lust into love. The idea that women can transform men for the better is out of fashion, but as the social science on the effect of marriage makes clear, it is undeniably true.”
-Steven E. Rhoads, Taking Sex Differences Seriously
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