Read about the "Motherhood Penalty" and the research and data on discrimination about mothers (and parents in general) in academia at http://layne.vox.com/.
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Great link, although depressing. I shouldn't be surprised. I saw a Dateline segment one night about mothers in the workplace. A FEMALE was defending not providing more services to mothers and families, while the one defending the mothers and families was a MAN. How's that for backward?
I'm a thirty-something, recently-minted humanities PhD and mother of three blogging about everything from motherhood and family to the academic job market and living as a Southern transplant in New England.
I'm an academic and a mama. Placing one title in front of the other does not indicate a privileged status. I read and write, and I (along with Hubby) raise three daughters. I teach literature, writing, and film, specializing in literature and culture of the British Restoration and 18th century. I hope to be an English professor when I grow up.
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Great link, although depressing. I shouldn't be surprised. I saw a Dateline segment one night about mothers in the workplace. A FEMALE was defending not providing more services to mothers and families, while the one defending the mothers and families was a MAN. How's that for backward?
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