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I was about to pounce, but this ratio has really compressed since the Great Society single parent household boom.

1968: 7.3X more women

2017: 4.4X more women

https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2018/04/25/the-cha...

There are lots of ways the working world is unfair to women besides just things being tough for primary care-takers who tend to be women. Indeed the expectation that women will be the primary caretaker is one such example. Of course men suffer as a result of this unfairness as well, but that's all the more reason to make things better.

Well yes. it gets nuanced. The answer is anyone involved in raising the child. Both parents, grandparents that are still working even. Neighbors, aunts, uncles.. We are both WFH/hybrid which allowed us the flexibility to work crazy work hours and swap hands to take care of children. My wife works 50-65+ hours 6mo of the year and 40 the rest so having that flexibility between 3pm and 8pm really helps. If you have to RTO that flexibility disappears and just crushes work life balance because it's not acceptable to just leave the office at 2:30. If everyone you know if stuck at the office or in a commute till 6pm there is no shared community to help with the child.