How COVID-19 worsened gender inequality in the U.S. workforce
Working women took a bigger hit than men during the first few months of the pandemic
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In married, heterosexual households with young children, mothers bore the brunt of the childcare and homeschooling burden as the pandemic ramped up, a new analysis finds.
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