Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Short Response for Mar/29
Ahhh!! finally could log back in!! Here is my blog for today's class: In the “Mommy Tax” article, we see that Motherhood is now the single greatest obstacle left in the path to economic equality for women. This to me, seems pretty obvious because mothers are faced with dealing with issues that evolve around having children and these issues tend to interfere with work. Due to the fact that companies realize that these mothers cannot put all their energy into their paid work, mothers begin to suffer in their workplace. Today women equality is no longer about education or job opportunities; it is now more about family responsibilities. Women do not realize until having children, that leaving their current jobs to have children can cost more than half of their expected lifetime earnings. A very interesting fact that I never considered before and was astonished by in this article was if a husband and wife who earn a combined annual income of approximately $81, 500 if they decide to have a child they will lose $1.35 million. In my opinion, this blow my mind how much money this family is actually losing thanks to the mommy tax. It is also unfortunate that women who are well-educated and have higher incomes are the ones that get hurt the most when deciding to children. This is turning well educated women away from having children or waiting until their careers are fully established. I feel that more women are going to end up having either less children or none at all.
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I definitely agree with Amanda's last point. I truly believe that as this information becomes more widely known, women will begin to make different choices regarding family. We can already see this trend starting to occur. More and more women are freezing their eggs, trying to conceive through in-vitro fertilization and even using surrogates. This trend could be increased motivation on the part of women wanting to get more involved in the workforce or I think money could also be a factor. As I say this though, I think the main reason women get upset about leaving the workforce and coming back in, especially for women in higher economic classes with corporate jobs, is the loss of prestigious standing upon re-entry. Not only are these women losing money, but they're also losing status within the company. That's a huge toll for a woman who is trying to make her way in the corporate world to pay.
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