Economists, said Wolbrecht, have observed that a “central challenge to male workers is skills mismatch” – that is, men being reluctant to take jobs in the expanding care sector because those jobs are “female”, “low-paying” and “low prestige (because they’re ‘women’s jobs’).”

Taking a parting shot at Walsh, Wolbrecht concluded: “In sum, your rigid and illogical sexual division of labour, and related hierarchy of value, hurts both women and men, the US economy, and the flourishing of society as a whole.

“The value of work – holding the baby or carrying the mother – should be recognised and rewarded, no matter who performs it. Given how much care is needed, all hands on deck.”

At the time of writing, Wolbrecht’s thread had been liked more than 240,000 times – almost ten times the approval rating garnered by Walsh’s original tweet. Now that’s what we call a mic drop.

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