The Paternity-Leave Stigma
The Brian Lehrer Show | Nov 12, 2014
When working women have children, they often suffer from the "motherhood penalty" - lower salaries, fewer promotions and less responsibility. New studies show men who take paternity leave often suffer the same fate. Claire Cain Miller, New York Times reporter for The Upshot, discusses that while the stigma of dads taking paternity leave remains, the benefits to parents and children are many.
"Men pay the same career price, and in many cases an even steeper price than women have paid" for any kind of childcare, @clairecm
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.@clairecm: Men tend to get praise for showing up for little league games or after-work childcare. That changes once they take time off work
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