Japan’s road to gender parity is rocky and potholed. Aera magazine this month chronicles a stumbling, faltering journey.
A young father takes a month’s paternity leave. A day care center staff member greets him warily: “We usually deal with the mother.”
"Yes,” says the father, “but I’m looking after the child now.”
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