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Why I Want to Stick a F.O.R.K. in the W.O.R.K. Act

By On April 30, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Assumptions about Mothers, Current News & Events, Family, Family Work, Fatherhood, Gender Issues, Motherhood, News & Commentary, Remodeling Motherhood, stereotypes

I want to stick a fork in the W.O.R.K. act.

The W.O.R.K. act was proposed recently by a Democrat in response to the media feeding frenzy over Hilary Rosen’s comment that Ann Romney had “never worked a day in her life.”  It would allow low-income single parents to count time spent raising children […]

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How Stereotypes About Warmth and Competence Impact Mothers

By On November 14, 2010 · 6 Comments · In Assumptions about Mothers, Career-Life Fit, Fatherhood, Motherhood, Remodeling Motherhood, stereotypes, Workplace and Employment

My friend Barbara was at a meeting of her fellow computer geeks. The speaker said to them all, “I’ll try to explain it so my mother could understand it.” It dawned on Barbara that she remembered others making similar remarks in her economics Ph.D. program, and then she said, “It was always clear to me that […]

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