Gender Differences in Time Spent on Parenting and Domestic Responsibilities
Authors: Dena E. Rifkin, Nisha Bansal, Esther K. Choo
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2014)

Letters7 October 2014Gender Differences in Time Spent on Parenting and Domestic ResponsibilitiesDena E. Rifkin, MD, MS, Nisha Bansal, MD, MAS, and Esther K. Choo, MD, MPHDena E. Rifkin, MD, MSFrom University of California, San Diego, and Veterans' Affairs Healthcare System, San Diego, California; Kidney Research Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington; and Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.Search for more papers by this author, Nisha Bansal, MD, MASFrom University of California, San Diego, and Veterans' Affairs Healthcare System, San Diego, California; Kidney Research Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington; and Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.Search for more papers by this author, and Esther K. Choo, MD, MPHFrom University of California, San Diego, and Veterans' Affairs Healthcare System, San Diego, California; Kidney Research Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington; and Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/L14-5019-6 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail TO THE EDITOR:We read Jolly and colleagues' article (1) with great interest. As current National Institutes of Health career development awardees who are also mothers with employed spouses, we were not shocked to learn that women of our generation continue to bear a disproportionate burden of domestic work compared with men and that women with children devote less time to research than their male counterparts (with a gap that is roughly equal to the extra time spent doing domestic work).What did shock us were the conclusions drawn by Cooke and Laine (2). They state that the “true measure ...References1. Jolly S, Griffith KA, DeCastro R, Stewart A, Ubel P, Jagsi R. Gender differences in time spent on parenting and domestic responsibilities by high-achieving young physician-researchers. Ann Intern Med. 2014;160:344-53. [PMID: 24737273] doi:10.7326/M13-0974 LinkGoogle Scholar2. Cooke M, Laine C. A woman physician-researcher's work is never done [Editorial]. Ann Intern Med. 2014;160:359-60. [PMID: 24737274] doi:10.7326/M14-0218 LinkGoogle Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: Dena E. Rifkin, MD, MS; Nisha Bansal, MD, MAS; Esther K. Choo, MD, MPHAffiliations: From University of California, San Diego, and Veterans' Affairs Healthcare System, San Diego, California; Kidney Research Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington; and Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.Disclosures: Authors have disclosed no conflicts of interest. Forms can be viewed at www.acponline.org/authors/icmje/ConflictOfInterestForms.do?msNum=L14-0213. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoA Woman Physician-Researcher's Work Is Never Done Molly Cooke and Christine Laine Gender Differences in Time Spent on Parenting and Domestic Responsibilities by High-Achieving Young Physician-Researchers Shruti Jolly , Kent A. Griffith , Rochelle DeCastro , Abigail Stewart , Peter Ubel , and Reshma Jagsi Gender Differences in Time Spent on Parenting and Domestic Responsibilities Ann Danoff Gender Differences in Time Spent on Parenting and Domestic Responsibilities Toni Martin Gender Differences in Time Spent on Parenting and Domestic Responsibilities Reshma Jagsi Gender Differences in Time Spent on Parenting and Domestic Responsibilities Molly Cooke and Christine Laine Gender Differences in Time Spent on Parenting and Domestic Responsibilities Molly Cooke and Christine Laine Gender Differences in Time Spent on Parenting and Domestic Responsibilities Reshma Jagsi Gender Differences in Time Spent on Parenting and Domestic Responsibilities Toni Martin Gender Differences in Time Spent on Parenting and Domestic Responsibilities Ann Danoff Metrics 7 October 2014Volume 161, Issue 7Page: 534KeywordsAcademic medicineCareers in researchChild healthChildrenConflicts of interestDisclosureSexual identityShock ePublished: 7 October 2014 Issue Published: 7 October 2014 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2014 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...