Stony Brook University and Smithsonian

Michael Kimmel: The views expressed in this commentary are their own, according to CNN. Earlier this year, several major corporations sponsored a night in one of the Smithsonian flagship museums in Washington, D.C., for more than 400 "daddy bloggers." Their motivation Fathers are now as likely as mothers to be deciding what food, toys, children books and clothing to buy. Michael Kimmel is the executive director of the Center for the Study of Men and Masculinities at Stony Brook University, where he is professor of sociology. And these dad bloggers know just how to reach other fathers. But just a few short miles away from the Smithsonian, in southeast Washington, fathers face a different reality: They are absent in 73% of households, and nearly one in 10 is currently incarcerated. Some of the corporations on hand were bragging about their newly expanded paid parental leave for mothers and fathers -- an increasingly necessary benefit to offer as they compete for highly qualified talent among twenty-somethings. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.