Why am I surprised?
I've begun to (hopefully for longer-term) write for a travel trade magazine, about hotels. And, this month the subject matter is the extended stay market. During an interview with one of the executives, I discovered that 80% of business travelers are men. I don't know why that surprised me. The extended stay market caters to men: leather recliners in rooms, a media center with big TVs and more leather, etc.
Ok. So, the reasons I was naively surprised was that we've made progress. Not 100,but progress. Lots of women are in higher positions, balancing work/family, which I assumed translated into travel. But, I guess not. Without doing any other research into this yet, I assume that women aren't taking the high-travel positions in the same numbers as men.
So they say: fathers are doing more work at home/parenting and home life is more 50%/50%. Obviously that's not true. Unless all the men that are staying in extended stay hotels are all single and childless.
I knew that it wasn't true that things were more equal. I just didn't realize the majority of the people in those hotels were the same population that "Today" profiled on Father's Day.
Ok. So, the reasons I was naively surprised was that we've made progress. Not 100,but progress. Lots of women are in higher positions, balancing work/family, which I assumed translated into travel. But, I guess not. Without doing any other research into this yet, I assume that women aren't taking the high-travel positions in the same numbers as men.
So they say: fathers are doing more work at home/parenting and home life is more 50%/50%. Obviously that's not true. Unless all the men that are staying in extended stay hotels are all single and childless.
I knew that it wasn't true that things were more equal. I just didn't realize the majority of the people in those hotels were the same population that "Today" profiled on Father's Day.