Gender Differences in Time Spent on Parenting and Domestic Responsibilities
Authors: Ann Danoff
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2014)

Letters7 October 2014Gender Differences in Time Spent on Parenting and Domestic ResponsibilitiesAnn Danoff, MDAnn Danoff, MDFrom Veterans Affairs New York Harbor Healthcare System and New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/L14-5019-4 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail TO THE EDITOR:As a baby boomer and former K08 awardee who leaked out of the academic pipeline (1) long ago, Jolly and colleagues' grim observations (2) about ongoing challenges among “Generation X” women to achieve gender equity in academic medical centers and on the home front are disheartening. However, the authors' efforts to illuminate these unresolved issues and offer a glimmer of hope that one day we may find creative solutions so that women are retained as productive and successful investigators if they wish to be is reassuring.In contrast, I found Cooke and Laine's editorial (3) deeply disturbing. ...References1. Justice AC. Leaky pipes, Faustian dilemmas, and a room of one's own: can we build a more flexible pipeline to academic success? [Editorial]. Ann Intern Med. 2009;151:818-9. [PMID: 19949149] doi:10.7326/0003-4819-151-11-200912010-00013 LinkGoogle Scholar2. 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 Scholar3. 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 Scholar4. Levine RB, Lin F, Kern DE, Wright SM, Carrese J. Stories from early-career women physicians who have left academic medicine: a qualitative study at a single institution. Acad Med. 2011;86:752-8. [PMID: 21512363] doi:10.1097/ACM.0b013e318217e83b CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. Hochschild AR, Machung A. Second Shift. New York: Viking Penguin; 1989. Google Scholar6. Gladwell M. iers: The Story of Success. New York: Little, Brown; 2008. Google Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: Ann Danoff, MDAffiliations: From Veterans Affairs New York Harbor Healthcare System and New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York.Disclosures: Authors have disclosed no conflicts of interest. Forms can be viewed at www.acponline.org/authors/icmje/ConflictOfInterestForms.do?msNum=L14-0211. 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 Toni Martin Gender Differences in Time Spent on Parenting and Domestic Responsibilities Dena E. Rifkin , Nisha Bansal , and Esther K. Choo 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 Dena E. Rifkin , Nisha Bansal , and Esther K. Choo Gender Differences in Time Spent on Parenting and Domestic Responsibilities Toni Martin Metrics 7 October 2014Volume 161, Issue 7Page: 533KeywordsConflicts of interestDisclosureGamesHuman sexual behaviorMilkSexual identity ePublished: 7 October 2014 Issue Published: 7 October 2014 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2014 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...