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Although pundits and politicians, usually male, often claim that motherhood is the most important and difficult work of all,
學(xué)者和政治家（通常是男性）常常宣稱(chēng)做母親是人生中最重要也是最困難的工作，
women who take time out of the workforce pay a big career penalty.
是的，那些從職場(chǎng)中退出的女性也為此付出了巨大的代價(jià)。
Only 74 percent of professional women will rejoin the workforce in any capacity, and only 40 percent will return to full-time jobs.
在美國(guó)，只有74%的職業(yè)女性會(huì)不顧一切重返職場(chǎng)，只有40%的女性會(huì)繼續(xù)從事全職工作。
Those who do rejoin will often see their earnings decrease dramatically.
然而，她們會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)自己的收入戲劇化地減少了。
Controlling for education and hours worked, women's average annual earnings decrease by 20 percent if they are out of the workforce for just one year.
據(jù)調(diào)查，離開(kāi)職場(chǎng)僅僅一年，女性的年平均收入就會(huì)下降20%；
Average annual earnings decline by 30 percent after two to three years, which is the average amount of time that professional women off-ramp from the workforce.
離職2~3年后重返職場(chǎng)的女性，其年平均收入將下降30%，而女性“駛出職場(chǎng)高速路”的平均時(shí)間正是2~3年。
If society truly valued the work of caring for children,
如果社會(huì)真正重視對(duì)孩子的培養(yǎng)教育，
companies and institutions would find ways to reduce these steep penalties and help parents combine career and family responsibilities.
那么各類(lèi)組織機(jī)構(gòu)就應(yīng)該設(shè)法減少這種不合理的“罰單”，幫助社會(huì)上的所有人將事業(yè)發(fā)展和家庭責(zé)任結(jié)合起來(lái)。
All too often rigid work schedules, lack of paid family leave, and expensive or undependable child care derail women's best efforts.
同時(shí)，上班時(shí)間過(guò)于死板，帶薪事假不夠，以及開(kāi)銷(xiāo)昂貴或不可靠的保育人員等現(xiàn)實(shí)困難也無(wú)法讓女性在工作中發(fā)揮出最佳水平，取得最好的工作業(yè)績(jī)。
One miscalculation that some women make is to drop out early in their careers because their salary barely covers the cost of child care.
一些女性因?yàn)楣べY不足以支付育兒費(fèi)用，所以早早地放棄了事業(yè)。這種做法實(shí)在得不償失。
Child care is a huge expense, and it's frustrating to work hard just to break even.
養(yǎng)育孩子的確需要巨大的開(kāi)銷(xiāo)，為此辛苦地工作也讓人高興不起來(lái)，
But professional women need to measure the cost of child care against their future salary rather than their current salary.
但職業(yè)女性更需要對(duì)照未來(lái)的收入而非目前的收入來(lái)衡量育兒費(fèi)用。
Anna Fieler describes becoming a mom at thirty-two as "the time when the rubber hit the road."
安娜·費(fèi)勒曾把自己32歲當(dāng)上媽媽的經(jīng)歷稱(chēng)為“穿著橡膠鞋底的鞋走路”。
A rising star in marketing, Anna was concerned that her after-tax salary barely covered her child care expenses.
費(fèi)勒在營(yíng)銷(xiāo)領(lǐng)域做得剛有起色，但擔(dān)心自己的稅后收入養(yǎng)不起孩子。
"With husbands often making more than wives, it seems like higher ROI to just invest in his career," she told me.
“丈夫一般都比妻子掙得多，所以如果要更高的回報(bào)率就得在丈夫的事業(yè)上投資。”她告訴我。
