"Everybody blames the culture without taking responsibility."

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"They've really got to recognize that all of us bring some of our family issues to work and our work home."

Family

"Women tend to have recognition and peer group support - recognition from friends and family that this has to be a big issue in their lives. They're more comfortable expressing the need for support and receiving it."

Family

"And, over the last thirty years we have seen men's participation in both housework and childcare has increased and women's have stayed at about the same."

Men

"More and more couples are having this negotiation or discussion, but I'm still amazed at the number who aren't and where the cultural norm sort of kicks in and they just assume that mom's got to be the one who stays home, not dad."

Father

"What's interesting is that both men and women are struggling with this issue in remarkably similar percentages, but the big difference is that women tend to talk about this when men keep it silent."

Men

"When they are performing in front of the public, they ought to have a sensation that's relatively easy, if the technical and the interpretive work was done before."

Work

"It's just that, when the orchestra look at me, I want them to see a completely involved person who reflects what we rehearsed, and whose function is to make it possible for them to do it."

Want

"I can imagine wanting to work with this ensemble and this company always."

Work

"So, the total number of hours spent on the stuff you have to do to take care of a family, working and caring for stuff at home, the total number of hours is actually about the same for mothers and fathers."

Family

"The invisible dilemma is that men face the very real problem that they don't feel comfortable bringing these issues up and they tend not to be acknowledged at work."

Men