Men and women

I am really not surprise about that in modern U.S. society women and earn significantly less than men.
The United States is exceptional when it comes to workplace policy -- and not in a way that benefits American women. My argument advocating for more role models misses the central point - that combining ambitious careers and motherhood is still way, way too hard. These critics see a double standard at work that does more damage than any lack of inspiring role models.
For example, working men draw praise for "helping" with the kids and the housework, based on the assumption that such things are women's work. But ambitious working women, lacking social support and laboring under a second shift at home, are hard-pressed to meet the outsized expectations heaped upon powerful professionals in our society’s or companies