Losing almost 300 euros a month every month, for years. That is what happened to Patricia López, a 47-year-old from Madrid, and what happens to many other women in Spain. The reason? . “Due to a cultural and social issue, you have in your head that you are the one who has to be in charge, and in the end I had been in my company longer than my husband. Furthermore, if you are a mother, the chances of being fired from work are higher than if you are a father,” she explains about her reasoning then. So when she thought about possible calls from the daycare to pick up the child if he got sick and the high probability that she would not be able to keep the schedule, she decided to reduce her hours. Even if it meant earning less. It is much more common for a woman to make that decision than for a man to do so. In fact, 328,000 female workers in Spain are in this situation, having gone from a full day to a partial day or reduced the number of working hours, compared to 33,400 men (8.9% of them compared to 0.9% of them). Practically 10 times more.
