The design industry is not dissimilar to other industries where professionals are required to work long hours and meet deadlines. I don’t know many designers, male or female, who work 9:00—17:00. It is fine when you are young, single, and don’t have any dependents, but as you get older and that changes, more women are ‘forced’ to drop out of the field. When they return they are left trailing behind their male counterparts.
The expectation of women has changed. Before they were expected to be homemakers while their husbands made money and had professional careers. The difference now is that women are expected to be both and there aren’t enough hours in the day.
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