For instance, the penalties women face by taking time out of the workforce are very high and are continually rising, “For those who took just one year off from work, women’s annual earnings were 39 percent lower than women who worked all 15 years between 2001 and 2015, a much higher cost than women faced in the time period beginning in 1968, when one year out of work resulted in a 12 percent cut in earnings,” the study reports. “While men are also penalized for time out of the workforce, women’s earnings losses for time out are almost always greater than men’s.”
The backlash on social media sites has been noticeable. Women all over the world now have more proof that the workforce is made for men.
This IWPR study does give actionable advice on how the labor force can better treat women, they say it starts in school with the enforcement of title 9, and with the enforcement of current labor laws.
