Middle-class working mothers are leaving work because they
are unwilling to behave like men, according to a research paper co-written by a
University of Leicester management expert and a senior television producer.
Mothers in professional and managerial jobs are expected to
stay late or get in early even if they have negotiated reduced working hours,
and to socialise with colleagues or clients in the evenings - even though this
clashes with their childcare responsibilities. They must do so because working culture
is still organised by men, who are less involved in childcare.