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Why is it so Hard for Women to Get Equal Pay?

August 6, 2019 by Jennifer Glass

With the recent announcement that deodorant brand Secret will donate more than $500,000 to help close the gender pay gap for the U.S. women’s soccer team, one has to wonder why it is so hard for women to get equal pay to begin with. Despite their stellar performance over many years, the women’s pay lags […]

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Your Turn to Do the Dishes

April 30, 2015 by David Ochsner

Most young women – and men – prefer shared household responsibilities There’s no shortage of advice for women these days about how to balance work and family — everything from becoming a supermom who can “lean in” at the workplace and do it all, to embracing the role of a full-time homemaker. But when given […]

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