It may seem the opposite of media reports regarding the set back of women in the workplace, but in spite of the statistics reciting how many women have gotten behind or had to drop out due to childcare issues, she is still advancing.  Her preparation period is still in place and as her situation is exposed to the mainstream of life, it begs the question of the lack of childcare and the burdens that have been placed on women. 

Just as large inequities are being exposed in the social safety net of the United States so are the inequalities of women’s pay, responsibilities, and general marginalization of women’s roles.  The United States  plays a passive-aggressive role in its behavior.  It talks about the importance of women in the workplace yet allows large pay gaps between the sexes and keeps in place or ignores laws that hurt female workers.  None of …