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Children Hurt Women’s Earnings, but Not Men’s
- emodendroket 9y ago> But policy alone would not be enough to overcome gender inequality. It would require changes in behavior — including by men. There is evidence that the gap would shrink if fathers acted more the way mothers do after having children, by spending more time on parenting and the related responsibilities. Is this really just an individual decision? Men and women don't make their decisions about child-rearing in a vacuum.
- fruzz 9y agoThese individual decisions aren't in a vacuum. There are other inputs, including society's expectations around women doing more labour around raising a child than men.
- emodendroket 9y agoYes, precisely.