Opinion
Why does having children affect women's careers and not men's?
ANA BARREALES
Apparently not, because they are still the ones who hold the top posts in those fields. Last week was International Day of Women and Girls in Science, and to mark the occasion Malaga university issued a press release about how the presence of women is ... competitive profession that if you stop for a while for family reasons, it looks bad on your CV. Well, of course, because everyone knows that men who work in science do not have children or family obligations of any type. Although paternity leave is ... granted because fathers are supposed to be equal to mothers, children are considered a professional obstacle only for women. And that is the problem for all women, not just those who work in science.