Singlism - discrimination against singles - is being recognized August 16, 2017 | Registered: 13 years ago Posts: 12,440 |
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While it’s tricky to nail down concrete statistics that prove how much singles might be being indirectly penalised in the workplace, a recent UK study of 25,000 workers found that two thirds of childless women aged 28 to 40 felt that they were expected to work longer hours. Growing numbers of workers, academics and analysts are documenting the issue.
During research for his book Going Solo, Eric Klinenberg, a professor of sociology at New York University interviewed hundreds of single people in Europe and America and discovered “there was widespread perception that singles became the workhorses in corporate offices”.
“I met countless workers who complained that their managers viewed them as always available for late night and weekend assignments, because they didn't have children or spouses,” he says.
“In a few cases, I met women who said that they had been denied raises that they deserved, because their managers believed that they didn't need the extra money as much as colleagues with children,” adds the author.
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The Joyce Purnick story gets worse. She made a commencement speech at one of the Seven Sisters (IIRC) and she made an offhand remark that she probably wouldn't have taken/got the job if she had kids. It required her to work nights and to follow stories and just be there--some jobs are immediate and you can't just drop things and run home. (Or you can, if you are a Breeder.)
She was actually more CL than CF, as she married later in life.
The other Moos at the NYT went to her manager behind her back and complained. They wanted her to be fired!
Because you can NEVER NEVER NEVER admit that some jobs require real sacrifices and they can't be "multi-tasked" with Moohood. (At least not effectively.) A mother could probably do the job if she had a spouse who in essence was the mother in the relationship.
She didn't get fired and IIRC, her boss said it was akin to a "witch hunt."