However, the childbearing years coincide with the tenure track years.
Women are much less likely than men to receive tenure.
The rate for women receiving tenure in 1995 matched that of women in 1975, but the rate for men increased from 46 to 72 percent in the same time period. Recently, some institutions have implemented policies to aid childbearing couples. These policies may include parental leave policies, reduced workloads for new parents, or temporary stoppage of the tenure clock. American women, who still do the vast majority of child care, will not achieve equality in academia so long as the ideal academic is defined as someone who takes no time off for child rearing. Their proposal offers proportional pay, benefits and advancement for part-time work.