When women are unemployed and looking for a job, the time they spend daily taking care of children nearly doubles. Unemployed men’s child care duties, by contrast, are virtually identical to those of their working counterparts, and they instead spend more time sleeping, watching TV and looking for a job, along with other domestic activities.

This NYTimes article is an analysis of the current sad fact that so very many people have been laid off or let go. The reality is that more recent job losses affect men than women, since as a whole more men work in construction and manufacturing than women - who tend to work in health care and education. I like how the writer delicately points the realities of household life (laid off dad spends time sleeping and watching TV, while a recently unemployed mom takes on more housework and time with the kids.) The greatest piece has to be that they have a 'time survey' to back this up with data. Well, I guess they've proven how lazy us guys can be at heart, especially when we've just been canned.

See also this followup story.