Apple, Foxconn and married, working women where’s the imaginary support system?


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Imagine, if you can, a workforce dominated by women. Imagine, too — and this might be easier given the certainty of the firefighting working women across the spectrum carry out in their own backyards — the constraints each of them have had to overcome to be where they are. What might thread their disparate stories together? Marriage and motherhood penalties at the workplace. Check. A loop that doesn’t stop at 9-5 but spills over all hours, all day, every day. An ability to multi-task that allows them to carry out a precarious balancing act nonetheless. Check and check. When it...