In 1997 the wage gap had shrunk to 2 percent among American workers in similar careers and with similar experience. But statistics and personal experiences change with children. Personal stories demonstrate how it can be hard for a mother to climb to the top of the ladder if she tries to give to her children what she gives to others at the office. Official Army policy dictates treating men and women the same, except for maternity leave. Women leave the Army before men, citing children as their priority.
Men leave over pay, promotion, job security.
For all of its successes in opening job opportunities for women, feminism has never surmounted that one small detail. Babies change the equations. Not just babies. Babies grow into school children. School children become teenagers.