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Women face motherhood penalty in STEM careers long before they actually become mothers

  • Written by Sarah Thebaud, Associate Professor, Sociology, University of California Santa Barbara
Women face motherhood penalty in STEM careers long before they actually become mothersWomen in Ph.D STEM programs say they were told they had to choose between family and career. janiecbros/E+ via Getty Images

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Unfounded assumptions about how motherhood affects worker productivity can harm women’s careers in science, technology, engineering and math...

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