#women-in-the-workplace

#women-in-the-workplace

For decades, work was designed around a fiction, that of the 'neutral' worker, an abstract individual assumed to be fully available, consistent, rational, and unaffected by bodily constraints. But this neutrality was never real.

Welsh and another pregnant colleague developed a plan. They would share a caseload, splitting responsibilities so they could continue working part-time while caring for their growing families.

Julie felt dissatisfied with her work achievements despite her intelligence and qualifications. She avoided promotions, reinforcing her negative self-beliefs about competence and intelligence.