Women told don't have kids if you want a career
WOMEN can't have it all, according to new research released today.
Females who want a successful career shouldn't have children, according to a new study.
The research for campaign group the Fawcett Society showed that women in the workplace suffer a "devastating" impact on their pay after having kids.
It also demonstrated that childbirth marked the start of a “great divide” on earnings, which continued even after children left home.
Before becoming parents, men and women were equally likely to be employed but, after having children, 57 per cent of mothers of under fives were in paid work, compared with 90 per cent of fathers.
Mothers working full-time suffered a pay “penalty”, while pregnant women were vulnerable to discrimination, according to the report.
Dr Katherine Rake, director of the Fawcett Society, said: “The choice of whether and when to return to employment is, of course, a very personal one.
“However, it is critical that those mothers who choose or need to be in paid work should be able to do so without suffering a pay penalty.”
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