![]() Rather than a shout of rage, The Wife Drought is the thoughtful, engaging catalyst for a conversation that’s long overdue. Written in Annabel Crabb’s inimitable style, it’s full of candid and funny stories from the author’s work in and around politics and the media, historical nuggets about the role of ‘The Wife’ in Australia, and intriguing research about the attitudes that pulse beneath the surface of egalitarian Australia.Ĭrabb’s call is for a ceasefire in the gender wars. The Wife Drought is about women, men, family and work. Working women are in an advanced, sustained, and chronically under-reported state of wife drought, and there is no sign of rain.īut why is the work-and-family debate always about women? Why don’t men get the same flexibility that women do? In our fixation on the barriers that face women on the way into the workplace, do we forget about the barriers that – for men – still block the exits? For decades, feminism has argued the case for getting women into the workplace. ![]() And it’s an advantage enjoyed – even in our modern society – by vastly more men than women. It’s a potent economic asset on the work front. Having a spouse who takes care of things at home is a Godsend on the domestic front. This book is full of stories from the authors work in and around politics and media, and involves anecdotes about high-profile women-and men. It’s a common joke among women juggling work and family. ![]()
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