Strides are being made in that direction, Graham, at least in Canada, where parents can choose which one takes maternity leave to care for their infant. In thirty years of childcare I saw initially no men as primary caregivers, then by the end they were a minority, but pretty common. They got nothing but support from us auxiliary caregivers.

Getting men to work in childcare was very difficult. We tried, as it is preferable for children to have male role models as well as females, but inevitably, men who worked with children would leave at the first opportunity, because of the low pay and high stress. They could go hammer nails or dig ditches and be better paid.

In Nova Scotia, there is only one 'women's' college, and it has been open to men for a couple decades.