Yes, according to pop culture writer Melissa Silverstein on her site Women & Hollywood. "It has been documented ad nauseum that women who get off the career track in many different businesses have a harder time getting back into the game in terms of money and prestige," Silverstein wrote. "Hollywood is even more problematic with Neanderthals still believing that a woman can't (or shouldn't) direct a film if she has kids to raise because they will be a distraction. And for female actors it's incredibly hard because they have such a short shelf life to begin with, and taking a couple of years to have a family while it seems perfectly logical and reasonable the message is that it could potentially damage your future." (January 2010)