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单词 mommy track
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Definition of mommy track in English:

mommy track

noun
North American informal
  • An interrupted or delayed career path followed by women as the result of bringing up a family.

    〈北美,非正式〉妈妈轨道(妇女因抚养子女而中断或耽搁的事业道路)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Similarly, there's no question that there's an academic mommy track and that it has derailed many a promising career.
    • The woman who defined the mommy track was a powerful professional; those that attacked her were less professional than she but more ideological.
    • Clearly, the percentages don't work out and this does not even account for the number of women who choose a mommy track to raise their families.
    • There is a daddy track analogous to the so-called mommy track, says the author of Stay at Home Dads.
    • Since the late '80s and the debut of ‘the mommy track,’ we have been subjected to these stories about mothers seeing the light and chucking it all for junior.
    • That's not discrimination, or women paying a mommy tax for their mommy tracks, as feminists claim; it's simply a choice.
    • Blaming the lack of family-friendly policies hardly resolves the dilemma: In European countries such as Sweden, family-friendly policies often keep women on the mommy track.
    • In fact, racism and sexism may make us even more hesitant to trade the fast track for the mommy track, even temporarily.

Phrases

  • mommy tracking

    • informal

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Although the number of women in academia continues to rise, much of the increase has occurred in non-tenure-track positions and at nondoctoral institutions, partly because of ‘mommy tracking.’

Derivatives

  • mommy tracker

  • noun
    North American informal
  • mommy tracking

  • noun
    North American informal
    • Although the number of women in academia continues to rise, much of the increase has occurred in non-tenure-track positions and at nondoctoral institutions, partly because of ‘mommy tracking.’

Definition of mommy track in US English:

mommy track

noun
North American informal
  • A career path for women who opt to sacrifice promotions and pay raises in order to devote more time to raising their children.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • There is a daddy track analogous to the so-called mommy track, says the author of Stay at Home Dads.
    • That's not discrimination, or women paying a mommy tax for their mommy tracks, as feminists claim; it's simply a choice.
    • The woman who defined the mommy track was a powerful professional; those that attacked her were less professional than she but more ideological.
    • Clearly, the percentages don't work out and this does not even account for the number of women who choose a mommy track to raise their families.
    • In fact, racism and sexism may make us even more hesitant to trade the fast track for the mommy track, even temporarily.
    • Blaming the lack of family-friendly policies hardly resolves the dilemma: In European countries such as Sweden, family-friendly policies often keep women on the mommy track.
    • Since the late '80s and the debut of ‘the mommy track,’ we have been subjected to these stories about mothers seeing the light and chucking it all for junior.
    • Similarly, there's no question that there's an academic mommy track and that it has derailed many a promising career.
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