Men's Group

Being ignored at the preschool get acquainted picnic by the parent helper because the assumption is that "Mom" is coming, she's the one to deal with.

I just sort of laugh at those people... They always seem to me to be the uptight ones, the ones sort of stuck in the past.

What you describe is tangible and certainly more pernicious when you're talking about the hit ANY stay at home -man or woman- takes on their resume.

i think from a cultural perspective, things are changing organically, and at a brisk clip (living in a progressive area helps) ... From an economic or legal or structural one, I've long held that we ought to be making our society and our workforce more family friendly (no, not in a "HELP! I saw a nipple at halftime" sense) ...in the sense of better leave, more flex time, more corporate understanding of the juggling people need to do to make shit work...

Know what I think is going to help? Honestly? The ACA. If workers are no longer terrified of losing thier jobs due to their kids' health coverage, that makes them en masse a LOT less easy to intimidate.

Which is a big unspoken reason for the GOP freakout over it IMHO.