Then there’s the enduring stereotype that women are more capable in the domestic sphere, men in the office, which despite being dispelled by research still has a significant impact on how we frame paid work and family life. “It’s understandable that women feel this relentless work/family conflict because we’re asking the impossible. Women have entered the paid labour force, but we have not seen the changes in men at home to pick up more of the domestic work,” says sociologist Caitlyn Collins of Washington University in St Louis.
“I see Mother’s Day in the United States as a bit of an insult,” Caitlyn Collins, a professor of sociology at Washington University in St. Louis and author of Making Motherhood Work: How Women Manage Careers and Caregiving, tells Refinery29. “The United States has the most family-hostile public policy of any wealthy Western country."
Parents cannot go to work if they don’t have childcare for their kids. This fundamental economic reality has come into glaring relief during the past year. The Covid-19 pandemic has only exacerbated the struggle families, and particularly working mothers, face to find safe and reliable care for their children so that they can go to work. Now, a new study looks at how three western nations handled the childcare crisis that coronavirus has created
If you're a woman, when was the last time you said "no" to a friend, your partner, a colleague or your kid? When the school asked if you could volunteer on the committee, you said "yes" even though the thought of one more thing on your plate made you want to scream. When the boss asked if you could push up a deadline, you said "yes" even though you knew the request was unreasonable. When the masseuse asked if you liked the pressure, you said "yes" even though it felt like your body was breaking.
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