"Professionally ambitious women really only have two options when it comes to their personal partners —
a super-supportive partner
or
no partner at all."

"While the women almost unanimously described their husbands as supportive,
they also told how those husbands refused to alter their own work schedule or increase their participation in caregiving.”

"As one woman put it, 'He has always said to me, ‘You can do whatever you want to do.’ But he’s not there to pick up any load.”

"A survey of Harvard Business School graduates emphasizes the disconnect:
More than ½ the men expected their careers to take precedence over their wives’ careers, while most women expected egalitarian marriages.
(Almost no women expected their own careers to come first."

"It’s easier to opt for the path of least resistance — the historical norm of a career-focused man &
a family-focused woman. Especially if, often the case, the man is a few yrs older, has a career head start, and earns a higher salary."

"This leads to a cycle that’s hard to break: Men get more opportunities to earn more and it gets harder and harder for women to catch up."