Even Exercise Has a Gender Gap

After a full Saturday shuttling her two kids to soccer and playdates across New York City, Neha Ruch, 39, finally carved out a few precious minutes to exercise at 6:15 p.m. She didn’t even bother to change clothes before hopping onto her elliptical machine in a closet-turned-home-gym.

After 15 minutes, the interruptions started. First, her husband poked his head in — their daughter was pleading for her to say goodnight. No problem, Ruch thought.



She sat with her daughter for a while and then came back to the machine..