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The gender wage gap is a serious problem across the world, with women consistently earning less than men. Data from 13 million employees in the U.S. in 2019 showed that, on average, women earn 79% of men's wages — and it's worse for women of color,…
It’s been a long and uncertain road, with some groups shouldering a disproportionately greater burden of mental anguish from COVID-19. Yet now there’s a glimmer of hope. Has the page finally turned? The past two years have been a roller coaster, or, as University of Pennsylvania philosopher and psychology researcher James Pawelski describes it, an undulatingIt’s been a long and uncertain road, with some groups shouldering a disproportionately greater burden of mental anguish from COVID-19. Yet now there’s a glimmer of hope. Has the page finally turned? The past two years have been a ro...
Print It’s been a tough 11 months for mothers. For about a millisecond after the onset of the pandemic, I hoped that remote work would cause fathers to finally see all of the myriad household tasks mothers do every day and begin doing their fair share. It didn’t happen. Instead of curing the fairness gap, we got the Great COVID Cop-out. Nearly 80% of mothers have been primarily responsible for doing the housework since March, while 66% are chiefly responsible for the child care among partnered parents. When you look at home schooling, parents’ contributions are even more skewed. Three-...
When money is tight and time is tighter, the basic structure of male supremacy shows itself to be remarkably intact.