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Tue 02 Feb 2010Equality? 'you have to give more respect to whoever's job is more permanent'
THE DAY a child is sick can be a real test of equality for dual-career couples. Who reaches for the phone to make their excuses for not going into work?
For Fiona Mansergh and Mike Wride it is a pragmatic choice about who stays home with either Thomas (5) or Charlotte (4) in the case of illness. It comes down to who has the most pressing need to be physically present that day in their respective jobs as research fellow in genetics and zoology lecturer, both at Trinity College Dublin.
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