The Motherhood Penalty: We’re in the Midst of a ‘Mom-Cession’

There has been a great deal of talk about how men are losing their jobs in the recent recession, but little about how mothers who work outside the home are affected by it.  This article describes how the cultural assumptions many employers hold about women in the workplace affects mothers looking for jobs especially.  Recent research showed that married women with children who had lost their jobs had a 31% lower chance of finding a new job than a father with children.

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