Taking paternity leave is a powerful act of male allyship that advances women s workplace equality and reduces the gender pay gap. So male leaders should lead by leaving.
Though married men and women increasingly earn similar amounts of money, women are still doing most of the housework while men spend more time on paid work.
The Pew Research Center report finds more men and women in opposite-sex marriages have similar earnings, but women do the heavy lifting at home. Breadwinner women include the college-educated, older women and Black women.