To understand why men don’t participate more in the everyday care of their children, we need to look at how work and family life are organised in Singapore.
We have high costs of living, expensive childcare, disproportionate out-of-pocket costs for healthcare, a punitive educational system that requires intensive tutoring and coaching at home, a lopsided leave structure that recognises only women as parents, plus inequalities in wages with men being paid more than women, even when they have similar educational qualifications. Full story
