Mothers leave work because they don't want to behave like working men, study suggests

Middle-class working mothers are leaving work because they are unwilling to behave like men, according to a new research article. Many of the interviewed women found it hard to combine work and motherhood because of the dominant culture of presenteeism -- the notion that they should be at their desks until late, even if there was nothing to do. The researchers found that before they had children themselves, women not only accepted but encouraged the masculine culture of the workplace.

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