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niyad

(113,336 posts) Tue Dec 30, 2014, 02:07 PM Dec 2014

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what having a child does to your career

While this infographic does not acknowledge trans men and women or include non-binary people, you can imagine that given how cissexist and binary our society is, they experience other forms of work discrimination on top of not earning as much as cis men.

http://everydayfeminism.com/2014/12/parental-wage-gap/

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what having a child does to your career (Original Post) niyad Dec 2014 OP

yes mercuryblues Dec 2014 #1

thank you for pointing that out. niyad Dec 2014 #2

exactly! n/t JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #4

and I'm giving you a rec here too! JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #3

mercuryblues

(14,532 posts)

1. yes

Reply to niyad (Original post)

Tue Dec 30, 2014, 02:14 PM

Dec 2014

and when the time comes to collect Social Security or pensions, women are still penalized. As Lily Ledbetter found out.

niyad

(113,336 posts)

2. thank you for pointing that out.

Reply to mercuryblues (Reply #1)

Tue Dec 30, 2014, 02:16 PM

Dec 2014

JustAnotherGen

(31,828 posts)

4. exactly! n/t

Reply to mercuryblues (Reply #1)

Tue Dec 30, 2014, 03:28 PM

Dec 2014

JustAnotherGen

(31,828 posts)

3. and I'm giving you a rec here too!

Reply to niyad (Original post)

Tue Dec 30, 2014, 03:27 PM

Dec 2014

I will post more later - this is why we need a paycheck fairness act now!

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