Why it’s always moms

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🗓️ 16 August 2021

⏱️ 13 minutes

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We know that working mothers had a really hard time during the pandemic. It was untenable. Three million women left the workforce last year, and less than half have returned. But why was it so common for moms to quit instead of dads? Recode’s Rani Molla talks with sociologist Jessica Calarco about the structural and cultural forces that make it easier for women to quit their jobs to take care of the kids. Read Rani’s story here. If you’re interested in Jessica Calarco’s work, you can find her recent paper here. Enjoyed this episode? Rate Recode Daily ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. What do you want to learn about on Recode Daily? Send your requests and questions to recodedaily@recode.net. We read every email! Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of Recode Daily by subscribing in your favorite podcast app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This episode was made by: Host: Rani Molla (@ranimolla) Producer: Sofi LaLonde Engineer: Paul Robert Mounsey Support Recode Daily by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:39.8	Working mothers like me had a really hard time during the pandemic. They worked, they took
0:44.4	care of the kids, they took care of their homes, and they got a lot less sleep. It was untenable.
0:51.2	Moms working during the pandemic reported higher rates of anxiety, depression, and loneliness
0:55.0	than their male partners. A lot of women quit their jobs last year. 3 million women left
1:02.1	the workforce, and more than half of them haven't come back. I recently wrote a piece about
1:06.5	this for recode, and spoke with Jessica Colarco, a sociologist at Indiana University. She's
1:11.4	joining us today.
1:13.2	Hi, Jessica.
1:16.4	Hi, thanks for having me.
1:18.0	So we know that working moms were hit hard by the pandemic. What all were they contending
1:23.2	with?
1:24.2	The pandemic essentially came along and ripped a giant hole through what little safety net
1:28.7	we do have in the US to support families and mothers in particular. Women we know already
1:34.1	do the work of the social safety net here in the US, and really this just destroyed what
1:38.6	little support they had left. And essentially that hole in the social safety net left even
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