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The real fix for working mothers isn’t flexible work
From consulting to retail, jobs that demand endless availability punish those who can’t or won’t give every waking hour to work. Boundaries could change that.
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Mothers don’t need so-called flexible work schedules, but plain old boundaries, says the writer.
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Corinne Low
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Before I became an economist studying gender, I was a junior consultant. I spent late hours working far from home, skipping meals and making it back to our hotels late into the night only to be woken by urgent e-mails a few hours later.
After a year of exhaustion and regular illness, I got assigned to a new team and started introducing myself differently: My name is Corinne, and I eat three meals a day and sleep eight hours a night.
