单词 | mommy track |
释义 | mommy trackn. colloquial. Chiefly North American (originally U.S.). An interrupted or delayed career path followed by some women (by choice or out of necessity) as a result of raising a family. Usually with the. ΚΠ 1988 N.Y. Times 8 Aug. a1/5 Flexible working hours, child care and lenient maternity leave..have created a new category of law firm associates who work with no prospects of advancement in what some lawyers call ‘the mommy track’. 1993 Gazette (Montreal) 2 Aug. f5/1 Nearly five years after the notion of a ‘mommy track’ ignited controversy, a cadre of women executives and professionals are finding a corollary to the glass ceiling. 1999 San Diego Union-Tribune (Electronic ed.) 16 Oct. e5 They're all on the mommy track. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1988 |
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