The Price of Care: Pay, Wealth Gaps, and the Motherhood Penalty

Episode 12 September 18, 2025 01:17:49
The Price of Care: Pay, Wealth Gaps, and the Motherhood Penalty
The Trials Of Women
The Price of Care: Pay, Wealth Gaps, and the Motherhood Penalty

Sep 18 2025 | 01:17:49

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Show Notes

An investigative documentary that follows real workdays, balance sheets, and city maps to expose how pay gaps turn into wealth gaps—and how the first child often changes a career’s slope. We track scheduling software, child care deserts, late buses, and review rubrics, then show what’s working now: pay bands, notice rules, leave banks, early-hour seats, and simple guardrails that buy families time. A clear, human story about costs we’ve hidden in women’s lives and what it takes to fix them.

 

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