A recent study published in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology challenges long-held beliefs about the 'motherhood penalty' in the workplace. Researchers found that, contrary to past findings which suggested mothers are viewed as less committed, parents are often evaluated more favorably than their childless counterparts. This 'parenthood boost' was noted across gender lines, indicating changing societal attitudes. The study involved 4,742 participants in various experiments and sought to examine racial identity alongside parental status, ultimately suggesting that perceptions of parenthood in the workplace have evolved significantly in recent years.
"I was very surprised, yes," Petsko told Business Insider about the findings. "The motherhood penalty has been such a foundational finding in the behavioral sciences that seeing it not replicate was striking."
"That said, society has changed a lot over the last couple of decades, and it's not unusual for phenomena that were first documented 20 years ago to look different today."
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