The response of The Motherhood Penalty vs. the Fatherhood Bonus

Claire Cain Miller wrote an article in the New York Times called “The Motherhood Penalty vs. the Fatherhood Bonus”. She talks about the pay gap between working mothers and working fathers. Men who have children income are more likely to be higher than men without children. Women with children are often looked over when it comes to hiring in the same occupation as a childless man. Most employers believe that women with children are not trustworthy. I beg to differ on that because I think a person will give their all when it comes to providing for your family. Family life is much different than it use to be in the older days. I know most people in the society believe that men are suppose to be the workers while women are suppose to be the caregivers at home. What if a household does not have a man to take that role? Who do you think is left to fill it? I agree with Ms. Miller when she states “employers have not …show more content…
When the pay gap decreases so will poverty. Employers will see soon that choosing that single- mother with the same qualifications as the man without children will work 10 times harder than the man. As we learn about the wonderful careers of fathers, we realize that a difference cannot possibly be the explanation for slower careers for mothers. Fathers have a different work/life balance than their childless men. Yet that does not slow them down. Even if mothers spend more time on childcare than fathers, fathers nonetheless spend more time on childcare than non-fathers. If women are slowed down in their careers by the actual effect parenthood has on their daily lives, then we would expect to see the same effect slowing down fathers as compared to non-fathers. This article can be an eye opener to that employer who only sees women as