The Sunday Manhattan cat: “I watched you leave”

Readers are invited to submit more cheerful lines.

H/t to RMcK

Ideals dramatically changed, reality less so

Many thanks to A for sending on this article.

“The majority of young men and women say they would ideally like to equally share earning and caregiving with their spouse,” said Sarah Thébaud, a sociologist at the University of California, Santa Barbara. “But it’s pretty clear that we don’t have the kinds of policies and flexible work options that really facilitate egalitarian relationships.”