Women spend significantly less time in the workforce than do men. I can't easily find stats for the US, but in the EU it's about 33 years currently [1], which

Women spend significantly less time in the workforce than do men. I can't easily find stats for the US, but in the EU it's about 33 years currently [1], which would put "mid-career" (assuming career start at 22) in late-30s, which is very much in the same timeframe as child rearing for many parents. [1] https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Duration_of_working_life_-_statistics https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php...