Plenty of men get asked to do work that takes them away from their families, including at special events.
Controversial, but shouldn't be: men are on average better at standing up for themselves and saying "no".
Controversial, but shouldn't be: men are on average better at standing up for themselves and saying "no".
Unlearning ~2 decades of upbringing, education, expectations, some of that from religion, etc when entering the workforce could be pretty hard and significantly affect any statistics around this.