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"Trophy Husbands" & "Opt-Out" Moms, Beth Burkstrand-Reid
"Trophy Husbands" & "Opt-Out" Moms, Beth Burkstrand-Reid
Nebraska College of Law: Faculty Publications
Before women were "opting out" of the workforce (as depicted by the New York Times)' to stay at home with their children, a subset of fathers had already done so. The 2002 Fortune cover story titled Trophy Husbands documented the "dramatic shift afoot" of well-off, educated men leaving paid work in order to tend to the home and kids in support of their powerful wives' careers:3 "Trophy Husbands? Arm candy? Are you kidding? While their fast-track wives go to work, stay-at-home husbands mind the kids. They deserve a trophy for trading places. The article portrayed these men as taking …