Spike TV Says We All (Almost) Want to Be At-Home Dads
Posted on 11. Jun, 2008 by Brian Reid in General
Survey results are largely bogus, as I’ve noted earlier in the week, but now you have your pick of bogus stats: do you believe careerbuilder.com’s contention that 37 percent of guys would do the at-home thing or Spike TV’s pumped up estimate of 73 percent?:
With women spending more time in the office, men are starting to pick up
some of the slack at home. Men have been surprisingly accepting of this
change. 73% of fathers would sacrifice an exciting job for more time with
their children. 73% of fathers today are also at least “somewhat willing” to
be stay at home dads — a 13-point increase from 2004. Of the men surveyed,
more than 80% indicated that what defines a man most is being a good husband
and father, whereas only 40% indicated that being a good worker is a measure
of the man.