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fromFast Company
5 days ago

What our time-management styles say about productivity and gender

Modern workplaces favor monochronic time cultures that prioritize linear schedules and individual focus, but this bias disadvantages those with polychronic orientations and disproportionately affects women.
fromwww.npr.org
3 weeks ago

Court rebuffs plea from domestic workers for better pay and respect

She'd cooked breakfast and lunch for her two children and for her husband, who works as a taxi driver. Her daughter had an event at college for which she had to wear a sari. She needed her mother's help to get dressed. It took longer than they'd both expected. Meenakshi knew she was running late, so she skipped breakfast and rushed to work.
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Women
fromThe Atlantic
1 month ago

The Post-Ambition Trap

Many Millennials, especially women, have become disillusioned with ambition due to unmet promises, economic precarity, and shifting priorities such as motherhood.
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