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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wholly agree with the article but I think women of all ages face discrimination and stereotypes in the workplace.  It just changes over time.  As a young woman, you deal with assumptions and discrimination based upon your marital status and age relative to child-bearing. It's often presumed that if you're a 30-something woman, there's a good chance you'll be popping out a kid or two in the near future.

If you have a kid or two, the discrimination and stereotypes shift along the lines of what's mentioned in the article and by PPs.  As you get further along in your career, the discrimination and stereotypes shift yet again.

Women have come so far in the workplace compared to decades ago but there is still a long way to go - something I didn't realize until I became more advanced in my own career and started a family.

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When I was in my early 30's I had serious medical issues.  Most of my *women* colleagues compared it to childbearing as a to relate.  Here's the thing: as hard as it is, at least someone in the office will get it if you say you need to take your child to the doctor. I couldn't state my health issues or else I would be judged.  Now that I am a parent, I can say that we have a long way to go when it comes to working mothers---and we also have a much longer way to go when it comes to accomodating serious illnesses in the workplace.[/quote]

NP here- agree, 100%.  I don't have kids, by choice, and in my experience people at work are usually understanding of parents if they need to take time for child related things but the parents are often harsh critics of non parents needing similar understanding.  Not all of them but many. 
Weird because as I've dealt with health issues I can say I'm WAY more sympathetic of moms needing time off etc than I was before. Life experience has shown me everyone has stuff to deal with in personal life but I feel like many parents don't acknowledge this. [/quote]

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