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The “Motherhood Penalty:” The Pay Gap Between Working Moms and Childless Women - The Juggle - WSJ

The “Motherhood Penalty:” The Pay Gap Between Working Moms and Childless Women - The Juggle - WSJ.

All I can say about this article is that I'm glad I own my own business instead of work in Corporate America.

Excerpt:
<i>The pay gap between mothers and childless women is larger than the gap between women and men, according to an award-winning 2007 study called “Getting a Job: Is There a Motherhood Penalty,” published in the American Journal of Sociology. The study, conducted by three Cornell University sociologists, and recently written about at BusinessWeek.com, found that moms faced more difficulties getting hired and were offered lower pay than their childless peers. Dads, on the other hand, faced no such penalties–faring equal to or better than childless men.</i>

<b><i>Have you faced career discrimination as a mom in the workplace?</i></b>

Read about The “Motherhood Penalty:” The Pay Gap Between Working Moms and Childless Women.

Babeland! - washingtonpost.com

Link: Babeland! - washingtonpost.com.

I never knew men could be snarky, but Tom Bartlett is the snarkiest and hilarious in this article about baby pageants.

I'd never enter NG into a baby pageant but have already entered her in her first photo contest - for Babytalk magazine. I thought we had a good chance at one of 8 runner up slots because we're in Alaska, but nada. I'm still kicking myself for picking the "wrong" photo of her to submit.

Well, I know NG's a winnah regardless of that darn contest.

Must confess - I'm looking for the next one to enter...

Article: Necessity on One Hand, Security on the Other

By JODI KANTOR
Published: September 1, 2006

Standing in line at La Guardia Airport, Kelley Parker watched in tears as a security agent poured a two-day supply of her baby’s milk into the garbage.

Ms. Parker, who works for Macy’s in Minneapolis, visited New York on business for two days in mid-August, leaving her 5-month-old daughter behind. In accordance with prevailing medical advice, she feeds her daughter breast milk only. So, because breastfeeding requires constant emptying, she took along a breast pump, intending to chill the milk and carry it home, standard practice among working mothers who travel.

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Article: On the Job, Nursing Mothers Find a 2-Class System

By JODI KANTOR

Published: September 1, 2006

When a new mother returns to Starbucks’ corporate headquarters in Seattle after maternity leave, she learns what is behind the doors mysteriously marked “Lactation Room.”

Whenever she likes, she can slip away from her desk and behind those doors, sit in a plush recliner and behind curtains, and leaf through InStyle magazine as she holds a company-supplied pump to her chest, depositing her breast milk in bottles to be toted home later.

But if the mothers who staff the chain’s counters want to do the same, they must barricade themselves in small restrooms intended for customers, counting the minutes left in their breaks.

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The Breast

And here I am so freaking freaked out because I cannot breastfeed, much less breastfeed in public, and this is what the world is coming to...

Eyeful of breast-feeding mom sparks outrage
"I was SHOCKED to see a giant breast on the cover of your magazine," one person wrote. "I immediately turned the magazine face down," wrote another. "Gross," said a third.

(Babytalk magazine, breastfeeding cover)