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It’salmostbecomeaclichétonotethatwomenarestillunder-

earningcomparedtomenintheworkforce.Butmaybethisreality

shouldn’tkeepsurprisingus.Therecentheadlinesmissanimportantpart

ofthework-lifebalancestory:plentyofworkingmothersareearnings

thanmenbecausetheywantthesortofjobsandworkingarrangements

whichindeedpays.Currentlaborstatisticsbearoutthesefantasies:

womenaretwiceaslikelyasmentoworkpart-timeeventhoughtheyare

alsomorelikelytobecollege-educatedandthusmoremarketable.

Wespillalotofinktryingtoaccountforthisseemingfailure:corporate

Americadoesn’tdoenoughforfamilies(undoubtedlytrue).Government

doesn’tdoenoughforfamilies.(Ditto.)Butthere’sacertain

condescensionintheseexnations,asifwecan’tquitebelieveawoman

knowsherownmind.EvenincountriesliketheNetherlands,withatightly

wovensafetynetandahighdegreeofgenderequality,themajorityof

mothersstilloptformoretimeathomewiththeirfamilies.Andwhynot?

Maybeit’stimetostopsearchingforsocietalillsorindividualpathologies

toexinthisfact.

Thecostsofbeingapart-timeworkercanbehigh:lowerpayanda

senseofdiminishedvalueorexclusion,riskoflay-offs,aswellasmissed

opportunitiesforpromotionsandpraise.Buttheseneivesmayinfact

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与力中的相比，女性的收入仍然较低，这几乎已经成

为陈词滥调。但也许这一现实不应该让我们感到惊讶。的头条新

闻忽略了工作与生活平衡故事的一个重要部分：许多职业母亲的收入

低于，因为她们想要的工作和工作安排确实工资较低。目前的劳

动力统计数据证实了这些幻想：女性从事工作的可能性是