Many people like to believe that work is no longer gendered; that ‘the fight has been won’. Women can do anything men can! We can, it’s true – just for less money and typically with a lot more out-of-office work. The gap is closing in one sense – 75% of all British mothers are now in paid work,62 compared to 92% of fathers – but not in another: a woman earns only 81.6p to the man’s pound,63 despite there being tangible proof that companies with women in board positions make more money.
