Daniela Berg is the first ever president of the German Parkinson’s Society.
After a premature birth, boys also had to be treated in hospital longer on average than girls.
Increased risk of caesarean section
The likelihood of a cesarean section increased by 10 percent compared to pregnancies with female fetuses, and the risk of childbirth using a suction cup or forceps increased by 50 percent. Male fetuses are usually larger and heavier than female ones. Therefore, according to the study, they are more likely to wedge their shoulders during childbirth.
Breech births more common in female babies
The study revealed no significant differences between the sexes with regard to the health status of the newborns. The only difficulties that were more common in pregnancies with female babies were breech births, in which the child was not born headfirst, and low birth weight.
No clear explanation
There is no clear explanation for the findings, one of the researchers, Professor Marek Glezerman, told the Israeli newspaper "Haaretz". One of the hypotheses suggests a connection with the male Y chromosome. "We now know that men are medically the weaker sex in many ways" said Glezerman. "They live shorter lives and also suffer from diseases much more often."Caesarean section celebrity mothers as a role model? Newsletter Always up to date with the parents’ newsletter
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You graduate from high school with top grades, successfully complete your studies, have top professional training – and yet there is still a lack of women in leadership roles in Germany, because your career stumbles when you want to have children. But does that really have to be the case? The question of the compatibility of family and job and whether this is even desired is a much discussed topic in our society. Also the ARD documentation "Women move" has dedicated himself to him.
In their early 30s they disappear into the kitchen and children’s room or lose their professional connection in part-time jobs and holiday replacements. There is then no longer any talk of a career, department head or board. But why actually? Is it the fault of the men, the lack of childcare facilities, or do women not want to go upstairs and prefer to look after their families from their first child?
For many women, child and career do not belong together
In the ARD film "Women move" Mothers have their say who opted for the family model with a maximum of one part-time job and against a career. When asked whether it was ever an issue for the man to take on this role and instead jeopardize his professional career, they respond with incomprehension: "That’s not why I became a mom!" The question of what they have studied for before and have been trained is not asked.
A question of character
But according to experts, it is not just the self-image of these mothers. Women often study the wrong thing, take too long and have too little desire for power, explains HR consultant Heiner Thorborg and adds: "Women don’t want to be in the limelight, in criticism, in responsibility all the time. If it gets too difficult, you will get pregnant."
So it is also a question of character why there are so few women and mothers in management positions. At least that’s what journalist Bascha Mika, author of the book, believes "The cowardice of women". She points to statistics that show that too many women feel responsible for their children alone, even though they have a husband at home: "That is cowardice" says the former editor-in-chief of "Taz". She, too, thinks that many women respond to problems at work by getting pregnant.
"What do you want to become" "Princess!"
But how does it come about that women and men behave so differently when it comes to career issues? Recordings from a daycare center give an idea of it. Girls are taught restraint, while boys are taught as "Doer" shown. While guys as "star Wars"-Figures save the world, girls sink into pink Barbie worlds. On the question "what do you want to become" girls then respond appropriately and unanimously "princess". The boys, on the other hand, see themselves as construction workers, construction engineers or firefighters.
If you believe the documentation, this is an attitude that continues into adult life, when women often remain passive, do not trust themselves in certain positions or withdraw completely into the role of mother. Men are more assertive and have significantly fewer self-doubts, as several CEOs of large companies describe from their experience in the film. Apparently, men still see themselves as the great makers.
A career is possible despite having a child
However, the ARD film also shows women who, despite having families, were able to pursue a successful career path. The best example is Regine Stachelhaus, who made it onto the board of the DAX company Eon. After the birth of her child, she left the childcare and upbringing to her husband and often works seven days a week. She observes something similar to that of personnel consultant Thorborg: women did not make a plan, did not assert themselves energetically enough at work and when they felt headwinds in the company, they withdrew into the family.
At the same time, Stachelhaus aggressively recruits students from mathematical and technical subjects. These young women then resolutely demand the possibility of combining child and career from companies, for example in the form of flexible working time models.
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Tanja Wielgoss, partner at ATKearney management consultancy, and her husband follow a different role model. Both work 80 percent and share work in family and work equally. But the career woman’s husband had to listen to allegations from his boss when he left his office to pick up his sick child from daycare. There was talk of a lack of ambition and too little commitment for the company. The grandparents were also horrified at first, after all, small children belonged to the parents and not in a daycare center, they think. But the couple has learned to deal with such allegations and it works. Both seem happy – at work as well as in family life.
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Women have to move
The examples show that it is possible for women to combine career and family. But it’s not easy. The women have to take action, demand this compatibility from their bosses and from their husbands that he too changes diapers, irons and fetches the child from daycare so that, although she is highly qualified, she is not just a mother and part-time worker again. Because Heiner Thorborg is quite sure: "You don’t have a part-time career."
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The compatibility of child and career is also a problem in research. Women in top positions are rare in science. The Tübingen medicine professor Daniela Berg is one of the exceptions. She is now helping employees to get their job and family under one roof.
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She is a senior physician at the university clinic, has 24 employees, a family with two children, is a professor in research and a doctor for patients. For some time now, Daniela Berg has also been the top representative of the German Parkinson’s Society. It’s a balancing act that the 45-year-old has to do for her job and family life – something that keeps many women from top positions in science. But Berg’s mostly female working group in Tübingen shows how it could work.
"The main thing is that the work is done"
Many of the employees in Berg’s group at the Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research are women and many associate their jobs with their families. The working group has 21 children between the ages of zero and twelve. Flexibility is the magic word here. "I don’t care where and when the work is done" says Berg. "The main thing is that it is done and it is also fun." This is not possible in every area, she restricts: "A doctor cannot drop the scalpel at the operating table because she has to fetch her child from daycare."
Daniela Berg is a pioneer
Only around eleven percent of the professorships in Germany are women. Women who are presidents of one of the more than 160 medical societies can be counted on two hands. Daniela Berg is the first ever President of the German Parkinson Society.
The mother of two sons, aged nine and ten, knows that it is a great challenge for women scientists to combine a career with family. Because an eight-hour job is usually not enough in research. Berg works on her publications and research proposals when the children are in bed at night. Her job is also, to a certain extent, her passion, her hobby, she says. As with the others.
Organization and cooperation are required
But this also requires a lot of planning within the family. "Every employee organizes differently." Some can rely on the support of their grandparents, others rely on au pairs, childminders or daycare centers. "That children learn social skills early on outside of the family in groups, learn to argue, get on, lose, learn to stick together – I find that very valuable" says the professor. As a former boarding school student, she herself learned to make common cause with others. When climbing, one of her hobbies, she also experiences that one depends on the other.
Cooperation is therefore also important to her in research. "It’s about achieving something together with others and not outdoing others" she stresses. At first glance, this seems to contradict excellence, the outstanding achievement of an individual researcher, which is often the most important currency for a career in science. At least in medicine, this is changing, says Berg. "It’s about keeping a balance between excellence – very good own work – and real teamwork and cooperation. The science of medicine has become so complex that we can only really see very small sections of it."
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"In families we are loved for who we are"
With this mixture she discovered something really new for Parkinson’s research. Using ultrasound of the brain, she found out that a certain area in the brain stem is changed in people who are very likely to develop Parkinson’s disease – a contribution to early detection.
Daniela Berg knows from her everyday life as a doctor how the insidious course of chronic illnesses can limit life. That is why she is pleased that many of her patients lead meaningful lives despite all the adversity. And not least because they would have to decouple their value from how well they function in a performance society. "Family and friends are extremely important because they love us for who we are – and not for what we do."