BBC Homepage
  • Skip to content
  • Accessibility Help
  • Your account
  • Notifications
  • Home
  • News
  • Sport
  • Weather
  • iPlayer
  • Sounds
  • Bitesize
  • CBBC
  • CBeebies
  • Food
  • More menu
More menu
Search BBC
  • Home
  • News
  • Sport
  • Weather
  • iPlayer
  • Sounds
  • Bitesize
  • CBBC
  • CBeebies
  • Food
Close menu
BBC News
Menu
  • Home
  • InDepth
  • Israel-Gaza war
  • War in Ukraine
  • Climate
  • UK
  • World
  • Business
  • Politics
  • Culture
More
  • Tech
  • Science
  • Health
  • Family & Education
  • In Pictures
  • Newsbeat
  • BBC Verify
  • Disability
  • Trending

Can men really have it all?

  • Published
    22 October 2015
Share page
About sharing
Media caption,

ByBBC Trending
What's popular and why

Can men really have it all?

That question might sound strange... even though arguments over whether or can't, external "have it all" - usually defined as a successful career and family life - are a regular staple of websites and magazines. One anonymous Twitter user takes the often inane nuggets of advice dished out to working mothers, and flips genders. The "Man Who Has it All, external" tweets parody tips for working fathers.

Many of the tweets are far-fetched caricatures of advice given to women, complete with obsessions over "PH balance" and "de-bloating" and questions like "Are your eyelashes ruining your career?" So are double-standards really at work - and can men (or women) really have it all?

Reporter: Anne-Marie Tomchak, external

Video journalist: Greg Brosnan

For more videos subscribe to BBC Trending's YouTube channel., external

Top stories

  • Trump's state visit is mired with potential pitfalls despite careful planning

    • Published
      6 hours ago
  • Google owner reveals £5bn AI investment in UK ahead of Trump visit

    • Published
      1 hour ago
  • Mason: Reform UK amplifies existing jitters for Labour and Conservatives

    • Published
      4 hours ago

More to explore

  • The chaotic lives of a couple who killed their baby daughter

    Constance Marten and Mark Gordon
  • 'Crisis for PM grows' and Owen Cooper wins Emmy at 15

    The headline for the Guardian reads: "Crisis for PM grows as aide quits over lewd remarks about Abbott".
  • These teens turned their rooms into tech-free zones. This was the result

    A teenage boy stands infront of door with the sign 'tech free zone' attached. He looks unhappy and is pointing downwards with his thumb.
  • Mark Ronson on being a night person - and Lady Gaga trashing his car

    Portrait of Mark Ronson, wearing a brown jacket, green shirt and dark glasses in front of an orange backdrop
  • Belarus and Russia's show of firepower appears to be a message to Europe

    A Belarusian serviceman stands holding a rifle. There are a Belarusian and a Russian flag in the background
  • They were shot dead for protesting against corruption in Nepal

    A woman sits holding a picture of her loved one. She is dressed in a bright pink top and pale pink trousers
  • Sydney Sweeney and Lisa from Blackpink walk Emmys red carpet

    Sydney Sweeney, who has long blonde hair and wears a strapless satin red dress, in a composite image with Jenna Ortega, who has black hair in a low bun and shows the back of her top, which is adorned with pearls and jewels, and Pedro Pascal, who wears round sunglasses with a white tuxedo
  • Ready for an autumn declutter? Four ways to get started

    A white woman  sitting on the floor of her bedroom and sorting out the clothes in the wardrobe
  • How Adolescence pulled off an Emmys sweep

    British actor Owen Cooper (C) poses in the press room with the award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for "Adolescence", alongside his parents Noreen (R) and Andy Cooper (L) during the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards at the Peacock Theatre at LA Live in Los Angeles on September 14, 2025.
loading elsewhere stories

Most read

  1. 1

    These teens turned their rooms into tech-free zones. This was the result

  2. 2

    'Crisis for PM grows' and Owen Cooper wins Emmy at 15

  3. 3

    Trump's state visit is mired with potential pitfalls despite careful planning

  4. 4

    Ready for an autumn declutter? Four ways to get started

  5. 5

    Beaten and held in Russia for three years - but never charged with a crime

  6. 6

    Google owner reveals £5bn AI investment in UK ahead of Trump visit

  7. 7

    Thousands of opioid deaths missed off official figures

  8. 8

    Trump says he will sue New York Times for $15bn

  9. 9

    Teenager arrested after 15-year-old dies in Manchester stabbing

  10. 10

    Mason: Reform UK amplifies existing jitters for Labour and Conservatives

BBC News Services

  • On your mobile
  • On smart speakers
  • Get news alerts
  • Contact BBC News

Best of the BBC

  • Rob and Rylan embark on their own passage to India

    • Attribution
      iPlayer
    Rob & Rylan's Passage to India
  • What drives young women to risk it all in the MMA cage?

    • Attribution
      iPlayer
    Girl Fight
  • The life of Gordon Welchman, a WW2 codebreaking hero

    • Attribution
      iPlayer
    Bletchley Park: Codebreaking's Forgotten Genius
  • A night of frighteningly great film music

    • Attribution
      iPlayer
    BBC Proms
  • Home
  • News
  • Sport
  • Weather
  • iPlayer
  • Sounds
  • Bitesize
  • CBBC
  • CBeebies
  • Food
  • Terms of Use
  • About the BBC
  • Privacy Policy
  • Cookies
  • Accessibility Help
  • Parental Guidance
  • Contact the BBC
  • Make an editorial complaint
  • BBC emails for you

Copyright © 2025 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.