For men, there is no such model. Hearing your child plead for just 18 days of your time before he or she goes off to college can sober the mind. Her friends instantly assumed that she was being secretly fired or was quitting because she was passed over for promotion. Stones were thrown at her from both ends of the political spectrum. The incomprehension that greeted Quindlen's and Barnes' decision is an illustration of just how much we worship work in America.
Work is now the ultimate sacred excuse.
And that's the end of the discussion. In fact, over-working can be just another drug. C'mon, just hang around for a few more hours. We'll do a really fun marketing plan. In that world, if you don't come in early Saturday, you might as well not even bother coming in Sunday.