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Related: About this forumWhy Sexism at the Office Makes Women Love Hillary Clinton
<snip>That experience starts to change a few more years into the work force. By 35, those same college-educated women are making 15 percent less than their male peers. Womens earnings peak between ages 35 and 44 and then plateau, while mens continue to rise.<snip>
You realize how many women are left standing as you age, and what happens to your brilliant and talented friends and colleagues from your 20s and 30s, said Heather Boushey, the executive director and chief economist for the Washington Center for Equitable Growth, who has provided advice to the Clinton campaign. These are tough lessons, and ones that you may not think are as pressing until you actually see them happen to your own friends and cohorts.<snip>
Many more women over 25 are in the work force than those under, and women over 25 also do about twice as much unpaid domestic work as their younger counterparts.
For the many women who live at the center of that time crush, Mrs. Clintons emphasis on the wage gap, paid family leave and universal prekindergarten may be particularly appealing. Mr. Sanders, who also supports paid leave and universal pre-K, takes a different rhetorical tone, usually stressing affordable higher education and universal health care. <snip>
You realize how many women are left standing as you age, and what happens to your brilliant and talented friends and colleagues from your 20s and 30s, said Heather Boushey, the executive director and chief economist for the Washington Center for Equitable Growth, who has provided advice to the Clinton campaign. These are tough lessons, and ones that you may not think are as pressing until you actually see them happen to your own friends and cohorts.<snip>
Many more women over 25 are in the work force than those under, and women over 25 also do about twice as much unpaid domestic work as their younger counterparts.
For the many women who live at the center of that time crush, Mrs. Clintons emphasis on the wage gap, paid family leave and universal prekindergarten may be particularly appealing. Mr. Sanders, who also supports paid leave and universal pre-K, takes a different rhetorical tone, usually stressing affordable higher education and universal health care. <snip>
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Older women know. They've been through it. Once you've had kids and tried to hold down a job, you realize it really still is a man's world out there. That's why those women favor Hillary. They know Sanders "free college for all," even if it has a chance of passing (which it doesn't), is not going to fix sexism, it will not improve their lives. Only a dedicated feminist champion like Hillary will draw attention to the problem and do something about it.
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Why Sexism at the Office Makes Women Love Hillary Clinton (Original Post)
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Feb 2016
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(4,640 posts)1. K&R!
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(51,369 posts)2. Thanks. As a working mom, my immediate concern is childcare.
As the article notes,
Its great to talk about free college, but if you wanted to do something that would help a lot of families, address the really important issue of care in the zero-to-5 years, Ms. Boushey, the economist, said. Child care is just as expensive in many places as sending a kid to public university, but a college kid can get a part-time job. A toddler cant.