This Winter Olympics is for moms

The motherhood penalty can be detrimental to a woman’s career. From fewer opportunities to be promoted to perceived competence at a job, researchers have found that mothers earn less money with each additional child they have. Conversely, for men, fatherhood comes with the opposite effect. Men in the workplace earn more money and are perceived to have a stronger work commitment when they become dads. This is all to say that when one thinks of working moms, Olympic athletes — which require years of intense physical and mental training ...