An ideal – not a norm The “natural” birth, in which nothing goes wrong and no one has to do anything, is still very rare.For instance, according to data compiled by the CDC for the year 2020, nearly a third of all births involved an induction of labor. A further third involved caesarean sections (C-sections).Home […]

* The double-edged sword of flexibility The current debates regarding flexible working illustrate these constraints as well as some potential solutions. Flexibility is not a panacea for achieving gender parity in the workplace; however, it has been extremely helpful to women juggling multiple demands on their time. Flexible work tends to be lower-paying, more precarious, […]

The illusion of skill acquisition Most worryingly, a lot of us overestimate how much we can learn from observing other people, which leads to an “illusion of skill acquisition.” Michael Kardas, a postdoctoral fellow in management and marketing at Northwestern University in the United States, asked participants to watch up to 20 videos of themselves […]