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Women face motherhood penalty in STEM careers long before they actually become mothers

  • Written by Sarah Thebaud, Associate Professor, Sociology, University of California Santa Barbara
imageWomen in Ph.D STEM programs say they were told they had to choose between family and career. janiecbros/E+ via Getty Images

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