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You don't want to hear this, BUT -- its also harder when you a mid thirties mom than it is when you are a 20 something professional young woman. Much, much harder. Whereas your male counterparts start to get welcomed into the fold. I am in biglaw and I got all kinds of opportunities when I was young and had great shoes etc. Its an image thing for many of these companies. Also something that has to change. Accept older women.[/quote]

+1 You need to know that this will happen to you even if you don't have kids, PP. You'll be discriminated against simply because MAYBE you MIGHT have kids and also, since almost everyone higher up is a man, they feel more comfortable promoting the guys. It sucks.[/quote]

This is so very true. I was in a leadership meeting for my division recently. There were 5 men and 4 women - we're very representative of the company as a whole, if anything women are over-represented in our division leadership compared to the rest of the company.

The 5 men? Between 38 - 46, all making over $250k a year, all have stay-at-home-wife and kids (and I know at least 2 of those wives have advanced degrees) or are single with grown/no kids.

The 4 women? Between 27 - 31, all making under $110k a year, all have no kids.

There is a vast chasm that opens up in your 30's in the career world - even if you don't have kids. The way I have seen women in their 30s get marginalized, when without them having kids or changing anything, is quite stunning. It flies under the radar because each case seems to have a reasonable explanation, but when you look at it holistically - the odds are so much better for men, men have the same life circumstances going on as the women but it doesn't get used as a reason to not promote them or pay them less. It was also bizarre how the conversation around my career/travel changed once I got married, even though I'd been at the company 7+ years and nothing else changed. [/quote]

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