All Mothers Are Societally Penalized For Working, Even If They Are The Breadwinners

Essence Magazine:

By Jasmine Browley ·Updated July 25, 2023

New research from the Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences (PNAS) suggests that mothers are immediately and substantially impacted at work the moment they become a parent.

The arrival of a firstborn child doesn’t have any effect on a man’s earnings, moms experience a 51% dock in pay, equivalent to an average of $8,000 annually, an analysis of the report says.

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