I've been somewhat dismayed in interacting with women from my profession (which is extremely male-dominated) and with my friends from college at the number of women who feel like pregnancy negatively impacted their careers, because they could no longer fit in as "one of the guys", or they were mommy tracked, or even older women (who in their day really could not have kids and stay in the profession) disapproved of their choices. I'm not talking about pregnancy/parenthood actually affecting one's ability to do one's job, or changing priorities, but rather it changing people's perception of ability due to (potentially sub-conscious) gender stereotypes.

I know HB is not a representative sample of the world's workforce, but I'm curious how many of us have experienced this, or suspect we have. I'd really like it to be rare, but not sure that people I interact with IRL give me reason to be optimistic.