Gender Differences in Time Spent on Parenting and Domestic Responsibilities

Letters7 October 2014Gender Differences in Time Spent on Parenting and Domestic ResponsibilitiesMolly Cooke, MD and Christine Laine, MD, MPH, Editor in ChiefMolly Cooke, MDFrom University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, and American College of Physicians, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Search for more papers by this author and Christine Laine, MD, MPH, Editor in ChiefFrom University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, and American College of Physicians, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/L14-5019-8 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail IN RESPONSE:We regret that Drs. Danoff, Martin, and Rifkin and colleagues found our editorial disturbing. However, we stand by what we said and think that, in actuality, our positions are not disparate from theirs. We all agree that women in academic medicine struggle to balance work and home, grants and publications remain important (perhaps too important) currency in academic medicine, equal work deserves equal pay, and the number of women in leadership roles should better reflect the number of women in the profession. Further, none of us found Jolly and associates' findings at all surprising and we all agree ... Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: Molly Cooke, MD; Christine Laine, MD, MPH, Editor in ChiefAffiliations: From University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, and American College of Physicians, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Disclosures: Authors have disclosed no conflicts of interest. Forms can be viewed at www.acponline.org/authors/icmje/ConflictOfInterestForms.do?msNum=M14-0218. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoGender Differences in Time Spent on Parenting and Domestic Responsibilities by High-Achieving Young Physician-Researchers Shruti Jolly , Kent A. Griffith , Rochelle DeCastro , Abigail Stewart , Peter Ubel , and Reshma Jagsi A Woman Physician-Researcher's Work Is Never Done Molly Cooke and Christine Laine Gender Differences in Time Spent on Parenting and Domestic Responsibilities Ann Danoff Gender Differences in Time Spent on Parenting and Domestic Responsibilities Toni Martin Gender Differences in Time Spent on Parenting and Domestic Responsibilities Dena E. Rifkin , Nisha Bansal , and Esther K. Choo Gender Differences in Time Spent on Parenting and Domestic Responsibilities Reshma Jagsi Gender Differences in Time Spent on Parenting and Domestic Responsibilities Reshma Jagsi Gender Differences in Time Spent on Parenting and Domestic Responsibilities Dena E. Rifkin , Nisha Bansal , and Esther K. Choo Gender Differences in Time Spent on Parenting and Domestic Responsibilities Ann Danoff Gender Differences in Time Spent on Parenting and Domestic Responsibilities Toni Martin Metrics 7 October 2014Volume 161, Issue 7Page: 534-535KeywordsAcademic medicineConflicts of interestDisclosureEmotionsHearingSexual identity ePublished: 7 October 2014 Issue Published: 7 October 2014 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2014 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...