“Can’t your wife do that?”
“I always put my career first, and my family turned out fine.”
“Must be nice to go home early.” (Said to a father after he said he was leaving to take care of his sick child.)
These are all real statements that managers have said to men seeking to be more present in their families’ lives.
The bill co-sponsored by the Prince George’s lawmaker this fall was straightforward: a procedural change that would allow County Council members to vote virtually if they are experiencing illness, parental leave or “a significant or unexpected factor or event” outside their control.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute reimagines the record of fashion, celebrating designers known but also those long, and wrongly, forgotten.
The billionaire philanthropist looks forward to a day when economies around the world are transformed by women unburdened by the necessities of free labor.
The struggle women face landing senior leadership roles in corporate America is commonly blamed on the "glass ceiling" — the metaphorical gender barrier that blocked their ascent to the highest levels of management. Yet new research indicates that the problems for women in the workforce begin far lower down the professional ladder.
Originally published by Lauryn Higgins for SheKnows While women have been making strides in the fight for gender equity and equality in the workplace for decades, they still continue…