单词 | mommy tracking |
释义 | mommy trackingn. colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S.). The pursuit of an interrupted or delayed career path for a woman, as a result of raising a family. ΚΠ 1989 USA Today 5 May 9 a1 Thatcher, 63, was elected to parliament 30 years ago. Her twins, Carol and Mark, were then six. Mommy-tracking, now all the talk among working women in the USA, never entered her mind. 1994 News-Leader (Springfield, Missouri) 1 Nov. 6 b/4 Professional independence can be just as important, especially for white-collar women who sense invisible barriers—sexism, ‘mommy tracking’—to career advancement. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1989 |
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