I’m worried that I will be judged for having to take care of my kids, or maybe they’ll think that I’m unreliable.

Alisha Zucker, a recently laid-off executive editor with more than 10 years of educational publishing experience, regarding her decision to avoid discussing the fact that she’s a mother in job interviews. Working women are being impacted more significantly than men during the pandemic; more than 2.5 million women have left the workforce between February 2020 and January 2021 as compared to only 1.8 million men. (Reuters — March 4, 2021)