Ways Working Moms Are Judged That Working Dads Aren’t
Taking an out-of-town project
Then, sometimes, those long out-of-town projects come up that require a mother to leave her kid for a month, or leave town Monday to Friday every week for a few weeks. Again, people will be shocked. Again, people will see this as a direct reflection of how much she cares about her kids. Nobody feels that way about working dads who work out-of-town gigs. It’s seen as sweet that they come home for the weekends; not bad that they left in the first place.