could the recession lead to a readjustment of gender roles?

... another valid question posed by a recent post on the NY Times City Room blog: "Who’s That With Baby at the Y? Why, It’s Daddy."

Seems that the recession could be increasing the parenting role of men, since males have had a higher percentage of lay-offs recently and since couples are trying to make their schedules as flexible as possible to share parenting responsibilities in order to prevent the need for child care (saving big time benjamins). Could the failed economic policies of the Bush presidency be leading to less gender segregated roles for parents? I think that was Dubya's master plan all along (sorry to get semi-political again -- I really try to refrain).