reality check from More
More magazine published a great discussion on the topic of women going back to work with Sylvia Ann Hewlett, founder of the Center for Work-Life Policy, Pamela Stone, sociologist and professor at Hunter College and Leslie Bennetts, author of The Feminine Mistake.
Hewlett discusses the demands women have balancing work not only with caring for their children but also with eldercare responsibilities which Hewlett describes as “even more sex-biased” than childcare, with women responsible for 85% of eldercare but only 73% of childcare.
Stone shares her research on the challenges of finding stimulating, well-paid, flexible work and Bennetts discusses the financial setbacks and vulnerabilities women encounter when they leave the workforce i.e., 37% loss of earning power when women are out of the workforce for more than three years.
