It is sad if in 2021 a wife (or a husband) cannot take even a year or half-year break from the career.
(To avoid possible confusion, I am shaming the society, not you.)
(To avoid possible confusion, I am shaming the society, not you.)
I would still argue that society needs to figure a way to balance this out for both the male and female partnership(IE figure out a way for men to participate in equal fashion for that year) but that hasn't happened. As it is, we're grateful for this much compared to what many have.