Men are more likely to be employed if they have children and tend to be paid more. On the contrary, women are less likely to be hired even if they have more qualities and children. This is where gender inequality comes into play. In this article “The Motherhood Penalty vs. Fatherhood Bonus” the author presented the role and impact between gender roles. Michelle Budig, a sociology professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, puts it this way: "Gender role inequality reveals when men get paid the most to have children and women pay the highest price for low income." (Qtd. in Miller). . According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 71% of mothers work at home with their children and 40% are the primary breadwinners (Pew Research Center). From this perspective, women who work at home and men who work in careers shift the qualification between them. The inequality is that the employer sees the father as a busy worker and the mother as a distraction in the workplace because women have extra hours of work to do at home with children and household chores. Claire Miller says that “one of the worst career moves a woman can make is to have children” (Claire Miller). As for women in the United States, there are many negative consequences for them if they decide to have children. For them, quality is reduced to the corner while men maintain the advantage of having
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