Wang notes that when women started working outside the home, men were forced to shoulder a bit more of the burden of household chores. It was only then that the definition of a "new type of father" began to emerge.
王雅各指出，男人在太太也出去工作賺錢時，被逼得要多分擔一點家中的勞務，這時候現代定義中的「新好爸爸」才開始出現，「父職」一詞被大力提倡，要爸爸回歸家庭。