‘She-Cession’ Myth Busted: Women Didn’t Quit Law During Pandemic

We know women aren’t wimps. So why do we keep buying the narrative that when push comes to shove, they’ll bail out of their careers?

Ever since the onset of the pandemic that message—that women are dropping out of the workforce because they’re overwhelmed by child care responsibilities—has reached a crescendo. Lending credence to that message was the McKinsey/LeanIn report on women in the workplace last year warning that 25% of women were contemplating “downshifting their careers or leaving the workforce completely.”

Worse, McKinsey predicted that women could be set back by half a decade, resulting in “far fewer women ...